brussels: part 2

It feels like I have been talking about my travels for so long now, and I still have things to fill you in on. Never ending. Which I guess I can't complain about because that means that I have actually been able to travel to all of these lovely places but there are so many things going on right now that I want to share. 
The second day in Brussels was our political day - no this was not solely my idea, but secretly I was super excited about it. It started off with the Schuman square where the European Council and the European Commission are located. Then it was off to Cinquantenaire and Museum Park which we could see off in the distance. Our political day continued with the European Parliament and the Federal Parliament. The remainder of the day included the Royal Palace (of course more palaces), waffles and chocolate, a Basilica and the Atomium (which has an adventure story attached).

So here is our story about our adventure to the Atomium (built for Expo '58). Our map said that it was cool, and that it had moving stairs to go between the large silver balls. So of course we thought it was worth a look. Thinking we could navigate there without it being located on our map was the first mistake. We got terribly lost and seemed to be in a sketchy neighbourhood. So we searched for a metro station - which apparently don't exist in this sketchy part of town. A long while later we find one that takes us to the Atomium 
(as if we thought we could walk there). We go inside all excited for these moving stairs and then it hits us as we go up the escalator, that in Belgium moving staircases  = escalators. Our excitement was ruined, and after walking about inside we discovered that the Atomium is only cool from the outside. Let's just say we were a little disappointed, with either the Atomium or our stupidity for not realizing what moving staircases were. xo