We left the hotel at around 9:00am this morning. We had a continental breakfast that comes with the hotel. Much better selection than was at Abba Hotel. They have chocolate croissants here!
The first part of the day was spent going to the Place du Jeu de Balle market in Marolles. We stopped in at a couple antique and knick knack stores along the way. The market was a large open air deal. Lots of china, silverware, records, clothes, and so on. What you would expect. Not as many weird, oddball things as I was hoping for. I found an intaglio plate that we bought after haggling with the guy. I can look at it and figure out all the different parts that went into creating it. Sugarlift, etching, aquatint, and plain old fashion dry point. Lovely weird image. I'm going to bring it to Yoshi to see if I could print it.
We stopped by the supermarket for an early lunch. Just a quick sandwich that we made and sat at the fountain in Porte de Hal. A lady removed her shoes and walked in the fountain. She had a bad looking wound on her leg. I don't think the green fountain water would be much good for her.
After the snack we began the long journey for the Comic Walls in Brussels. The Walls are large murals painted in various spots around the city. They are by various famous Belgian artists, like Herge. We found about 25 in about 5 hours of walking. I can't believe it really took that long and we have five left to go.
We found the comic shop I looked for yesterday (feels like a few days ago now). It had a wonderful section of foreign mainstream comics. Picked up Spirou volume four. Mostly for the art work. Okay all for the art work.
We ate at a little restaurant near the hotel. Decent meal for a good price. I'm exhausted.
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