Yesterday the twins and I were going to Grande Place. Yes, we have lived here for almost 3 years and I still use the GPS to go into Brussels. I am not sure why because I have been there a million times and I really do know where I am going. But more often than not, there are roads or barricades right on the path I want to travel. So the GPS comes in handy. We go the Grande Place to shop, eat, site see with our visiting guests and generally get the feel of Brussels. Our purpose for driving into town yesterday was to shop at this new store that the kids love. We also ate linner (lunch and dinner) at Anata where they serve the very BEST Japanese food. Of course we also walked through the fabulous Grande Place and saw the big tree.
In all truth the decorations were really bad this year. The live nativity scene located in a custom made thatched hut, had 2 sheep and four mannequins dressed in weird clothes that looked like they might have come from Macy's. Baby Jesus was wrapped in brightly colored baby blankets and looked oddly like an American Girl Bitty Baby! We laughed all the way home.
We were still a little giddy about the sights we had witnessed and Jennifer came up with the best idea. As our GPS was telling us to turn right, turn left and make an illegal u-turn, Jennifer said our GPS should have music to with the directions. For example, if we were going in the wrong directions the music could be fast and unpleasant, like what you hear at the bad part of a movie. If we were entering lots of traffic and congestion the music could be ominous like anything from the Harry Potter soundtrack. If we were entering the tunnel in Tervuren which Bob has comically named "The Magic Tunnel" because cars always slow down and sometimes stop for no reason, the music could be like the soundtrack from Jaws. Just traveling along with no problems could have elevator music in the background. And if we were doing everything right and headed home the music could be a family favorite.
Clever? Yes! Someone out there invent this if it hasn't already been done. We had a great drive home. It was fun with great conversation.
Right now Bob and Maria are in Chicago Christmas shopping and getting ready to return to Belgium. The soundtrack playing with their GPS has to be Holiday by Green Day, their favorite group. Hurry up and follow that GPS home so we can all be together again!
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