A Pissing Good Brussels Vacation Package

I remember the first time I went to Brussels largely because of the pissing boy. Every tourist spot I visited in the city sold postcards of a statue of a little boy urinating. While I found this to be an extremely odd symbol for a city to try to sell to its guests, I also was oddly drawn to that little guy and his flowing stream of pee. I had to see it, so my friend and I paid a visit to the statue after throwing back a few of the legendarily strong and tasty Belgian ales. Mind you, it was still early in the afternoon and there were still plenty of tourists around gawking at the statue. That didn’t matter to me. My bladder was about to burst and I figured that in a city where a little boy pissing is an icon, a drunk college kid doing number 1 in the streets next to the statue wouldn’t hurt anyone. The policeman who grabbed me by the collar afterward – I think it is his job to nab the legions who come to piss next to the pissing boy – didn’t really agree and let’s just say that an international incident was averted only after much conversation and only after I almost did a pee pee in my pants from fear.

There is a moral to this story and I’ll let you figure it out since all this talk of pissing has made me want to go right now. Before I head out into the street and find an iconic statue to urinate on, I figure I should tell you that there are great deals on flights and hotel stays in Brussels at this very moment. If you have ever wanted to see the Manneken Pis – for that is the name of the statue and, really, it is worth seeing – now is as good of time to head to Belgium as any. Just make sure you use the restroom before your leave.