Westbourne, Dorset visit

Jen, Freddie, and I went to Westbourne one morning for a walk, some shopping, and a 'soft play' cafe for Freddie. This town, not far from Bournemouth, is really cute. We parked by the sea and walked a mile or so to the center of Westbourne:

We found this great arcade of shops and cafes. Funny enough, I had been looking for a specific shop and it ended up being in this arcade that we walked down only because we thought it looked interesting!

After window shopping along the main street, we went to a soft play cafe. These soft play cafes are quite the thing! Each town seems to have at least one. It's basically what I would call a mini Discovery Zone from when I was a kid - or the McDonalds with the big playgournd section inside... the kids can climb and play... and the adults can sit and have a coffee and delicious treat. ...Ok!\

The goooorgeous window inside the soft play cafe! (I think it is an old church building.)

Freddie and I both enjoyed a snack (he, a banana... me, a latte) before he and Jen went off to play.

A nice reminder painted on the wall in the cafe:

Belgium -- churches

The church/buildings shown in the photo above were really interesting to walk by. Mom and Dad read about it in their book earlier in the day and told me the story behind these storefronts built against the entire side of the church. -- Apparently, the people that gave money to help build the church were then able to have a shop here... and they still exist today. (I think that's pretty much how it goes...) I've never seen a church like this before - and almost missed it walking right by! Very cool.

Our last morning in Brussels, I took a walk with Mom and Dad through a different part of the city. I enjoyed it. We went by this great church... I really like the reading statue shown two photos below... :P

Beautiful stained glass inside the church!

Then a nice guy took some photos of the three of us  : )

stained glass in La Sagrada Familia - Barcelona

The stained glass within La Sagrada Familia is amazing. They are huge... detailed... and gorgeous.