Kasteel van Groot-Bijgaarden
Spring is in full bloom in Belgium, so this weekend we went to the Flanders countryside just outside of Brussels to the 4th International Bloembollententoonstelling (flower show) at the Kasteel van Groot-Bijgaarden (the Castle of Grand-Bigard) which was built in 1110(http://www.kasteelgrootbijgaarden.be/). There we were able to walk among nearly 1 million tulips, hyacinths, daffodisl, narcissus, and grape hyacinths that were planted last fall by Dutch bulb producers and exporters (Brussels is only about a two hour drive from the major bulb growing regions of Holland).
The Antwerp ZooLast Friday Grayson and I boarded the train for the Antwerp Zoo (http://www.zooantwerpen.be/). Grayson loved all the animals, especially the elephants, giraffes, and monkeys (he is very much into Curious George right now).
The entrance to the Antwerp Zoo, which is about 20 steps from the train station!
A view of the train station from inside the zoo
"Mommy, Mommy, MOOOORE el-phants!"
Fun in the sun at the park with Castalie
Look at me - I figured out how to scoot across by myself
Sand - not so yummy 
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