Monde Sauvage, Aywaille
Our visit to Belgium this time was quite a bit different than any of our previous trips. We needed to focus on keeping a 2-year-old entertained so our usual options would not work. Our little guy loves animals so visiting Monde Sauvage [roughly translated: “Wild World”] seemed a natural choice (map). His favorite part was the farmyard petting zoo.
There were many other attractions and activities to keep us busy. This included a Safari Park where you could drive your car around and look at African animals in a somewhat natural state. Also there were layouts like someone would see in a traditional zoo, walking among exhibits.
Public Park at the Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren
Belgium in the Fall is surprisingly nice. The crowds are gone while the temperature remains moderate. This large park (map) sits right next to the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren. As you can see we had it all pretty much to ourselves. We had a wonderful stroll through the crisp autumn air.
Traveling Circus, Brussels
As this trip to Belgium was geared towards entertaining our little guy, we also took him to the circus. This was a small-tent circus that happened to be traveling through Brussels while we were there (map). They let you sit a lot closer to the action than any circus I’ve gone to in the United States, which was an added bonus until the tigers sprayed the first couple of rows — though fortunately not us.
I wish I knew the name of this circus and I was hoping the poster might shed some light. The lettering seems to be Italian; I couldn’t translate the top part (maybe it’s a name?) but the lower-left seems to translate loosely to “Army of Clowns” which does make some sense. Oh well.
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