Belgian Beer, Waffles, Chocolate, and “The Little Boy Peeing.” July 2018.

The world famous bronze statue, Menneken Pis aka the Little Boy Peeing, stands a diminutive 61cm tall. It’s a small thing, taking up just a corner on a pedestrian walkway. If there wasn’t a small crowd of people taking pictures of it you may miss it. The original sculpture, made by Hiëronymus Duquesnoy the Elder and originally displayed in 1618, currently resides in the Museum of the City of Brussels. The currant version was made in 1965. There are many legends associated with it, but it has come to be known as a symbol for Brussels, similar to an apple for New York. Depending on when you visit, you will see Menneken Pis wearing one of his many costumes. It was cute, but somewhat unimpressive.

Jeanneke Pis the the female version of Mannekin Pis. It is in a small alley across from Delirium Cafe. It was erected in 1987, and like her boy counterpart, is small and safely behind bars.

The Dog version, Het Zinneke, was put on display in 1988.

Once we arrived, two things you see consistently everywhere- reproductions of the Manneken Pis aka “Little Peeing Man”

and Belgian waffles.

In the end, we went with the simple authentic plain waffle with powdered sugar. Perfection.

Along with the waffles, Brussels had tons of delicious chocolate everywhere you looked. Pierre Marcolini, a Belgian chocolatier.

Onto the Belgian beer. It was great. We tried some familiar beers and some new beers. Everything I tasted, even Andy’s more potent adventurous picks, was good.

Delirium Cafe is one of the most famous Brussels Beer Bars. It is in the middle of everything and is huge. It has an overwhelmingly large beer menu, of which you can get in a couple different sizes.