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hereOn saturday a scare crow festival was organized on the Grand'Place in Brussels. You could vote and the best one got a price.
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When I arrived the center was crowded with tourists !
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The sun was shining and people had a nice time
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This was not a scarecrow but a young man who played "statue"
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When I arrived at the Grand'Place it was already full !
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The scarecrows weren't scary at all they were rather very nice, creative and original !
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Of course my favourite one was the puss in boots !
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A group of students were listening to the explanations of their guides
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Young men and women distributed vote bulletins and explained the scarecrows to the visitors.
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This is not a scarecrow, is written here. It shows the Atomium left and a beer bottle right
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A diver
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Just before I arrived there was a wedding here, because it is the entrance of the Brussels city hall, that's why you see all confettis on the ground. Now a tourist guide with a red ombrella starts to make a tour
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behind the students is the Taverne "Le roi d'Espagne" (King of Spain) which had been the place of my first dates when I was around 20 !
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I live now 50 years in Brussels but this place amazes my always by its beauty
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living scarecrows !
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All restaurants or cafés were full ! The waiter wears the traditional costume
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Just on the left of the Grand'Place is a bar called "The coffin". It is a long time I have been in there, but apparently it hasn't changed at all. The inside is decorated as a graveyard, the tables are coffins and the glasses are skulls !
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and this is the entrance !
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Just before the Grand Place is a little place where on weekends a market is put up with artisanal craftworks. Jewelry, statues, dresses, etc.
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People are lining up to taste the famous belgian chips (I refuse the word french fries, because they were invented in Belgium and have nothing to do with France)
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A glance back
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Each time there are problems with refugees because they don't have official papers, they are housed in this church and welcomed its priest. Sometimes there are hunger strikes too.
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A little parc just opposite the central station
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where I took my train back to Waterloo (only 20 min)
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but had a last glance on all the tourists waiting in the bus to be carried in and around Brussels.
I someway felt a little like being on holidays too !
For those who want to see all scarecrows :