We walked through the Parc d'Egmont and along to Avenue Louise, which we crossed and walked behind the Law Courts and down to the Marolle district.
Here we are posing by the statue of Peter Pan - which can also be found more famously in Kensington Gardens, London.
On reaching Rue Haute we turned left, and then did a right to admire some truly beautiful Art Nouveau social housing, then we walked along Rue Blaes until we turned left into Rue Saint-Ghislain. Here we saw a nursery school (still used as such) designed by Horta. Taking the first right we admired 2 more beautiful art nouveau houses, then retraced our steps, did another right and passed a beautifully restored wine warehouse and shop selling knitted meat!
We then went under the railway tracks between Midi and Gare Centrale stations, through an 'open air art gallery'. We turned right on to Avenue du Stalingrad and considered taking tea in Comme Chez Soi!
We continued along the main road, passed Madame Chapeau, and then turned left, opposite the road leading up to the Mannekin Pis, and took a brief look at the Bon-Secours Church (traditional starting point of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela) before joining Blvd Anspach via an interesting paved road.
From here we crossed and were soon at the Halles St. Gery where we helped the lone waiter sort out our drinks! An interesting if not efficient stopping point!
After coffee some of us went on to Place St. Catherine where we were sorry not to be able to admire the City's oldest urinals (currently shrouded in plastic), but passing the electric tree of Rue des Chartreux and the Zinnekenpis (a very cute dog doing what dogs have to do).
1 comment:
Congratulations, Janet. What an interesting walk. So sorry to have missed it. A refaire, Paulette.
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