Brussels - The Heart of Europe

Last weekend, i visited Brussels, the capiltal of Belgium with my friends..

Oh! it was really lovely..a short and sweet trip..

The best part was that i met some wonderful people..my friend's friends..mast infy gang!!

It was a one day trip..and we had oodles of fun..

Started not so early..around 7 in the morning..

3 of our friends failed to catch the bus..

And we had a real tough time convincing the French driver to wait for our friends..

Unfortunately..he dint stop...The language problem became a real issue.--((

After that...we sang and sang........

Like me, Shanthi, Ashish and Subrot ( 2 newly found Oriya frds of mine) also like old hindi melodies...

and we sang and sang........

Like we use to do in our college days!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maPoacp6YZU

Kahin door jab din dhal jayee!!

Saanjh ke dulhan badan churaye!!

chupke se aaye!!

Mere khayalon kein aangan mein..

Koi sapno ke deep jalaye!!

Kabhi yu hee jab huee oojhal saansen!
Bhar aaye bethe bethe jab yuh hee aankhen!

kab hi machalke, pyar se jhalke..

chue koi mujhe, par nazar naa aaye!!

kahin to yeh dil kahin mil nahin pate..

Kahin pe nikal aaye janmon ke naatein!

Dhani se uljhan, kare apna mann..

apna he hoke sahe dard paraye!

Dil jane mere saare bhed yeh ghare..

ho gaye kese mere sapne suhenre..

Yeh mere sapne..yahi to hai apne..

Mujhe juda naa honge..milke yeh saaye..

Kahin door jab din dhal jayee!!
Saanjh ke dulhan badan churaye!!
chupke se aaye!!

Mini -Europe refreshed all of the so far collected fundaas of Europe..

Took so many pics..
Atomium was also lovely..

Trams were really mini...

Return journey was also gr8 with ipods and old Hindi songs...

Had loads of fun..

Thank you Dinakar, Sandhya, Shanthi, Ashish, Sandeep, Shakeel and Subrot!!

Thank you to the little champ Rahul..

Thank you all!!

To know more about Mini-Europe, visit:
http://www.minieurope.com/en/index.html

Failed to cover Antwerp this time, the world's largest Diamond exchange centre!
http://www.timeout.com/travel/antwerp

Somehow maintained the tradition of buying smthing from the recently discovered city..This time a brown t-shirt..showing BRUSSELS in bold!

Want to end this somewhat scattered post with a lovely poem:

http://www.kididdles.com/lyrics/m003.html

Mary had a little lamb,
Little lamb, little lamb,
Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow

And everywhere that Mary went,
Mary went, Mary went,
Everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go

It followed her to school one day
School one day, school one day
It followed her to school one day
Which was against the rules.

It made the children laugh and play,
Laugh and play, laugh and play,
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school

And so the teacher turned it out,
Turned it out, turned it out,
And so the teacher turned it out,
But still it lingered near

And waited patiently about,
Patiently about, patiently about,
And waited patiently about
Till Mary did appear"

Why does the lamb love Mary so?"
Love Mary so? Love Mary so?"
Why does the lamb love Mary so?"
The eager children cry

"Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know."
Loves the lamb, you know, loves the lamb, you know"
Why, Mary loves the lamb, you know."
The teacher did reply