A little history from our Brussels lunch.

The plaque that you can't see over my left shoulder does say "Karl Marx".  When I asked the waiter about it he said "this was Marx' favorite corner; he lived here for three years."  I thought 'Cool!'.

An investigation via Google indicates there is some truth to that .... but not much.  After being kicked out of Germany and France, Marx did live for three years  in Brussels where he  wrote his manifesto   but could not likely have been able to afford to eat in this restaurant often let alone live on the Grand Place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olas29PrYDk

The square is quite impressive, even in the rain, and the lunch was good.  Better historians will sort out who lived where.

After a few glasses I became a bit blurry  .....

Thanks Roy.