Manneken Pis

Several years ago, on a return trip from the Czech Republic, we had a day-long stopover in Brussels. We didn’t have a lot of time so, in addition to stocking up on Belgian chocolate, we did a tour of the city center. One of the oddest city symbols in the world has got to be the Manneken Pis in Brussels. It’s a small bronze statue of a little boy peeing. The souvenirs shops near the statue are full of Manneken Pis replicas including paper weights, letter openers and corkscrew bottle openers — I probably don’t need to mention which part of the statue was the corkscrew