Enjoying Life Brussels 2024 (proxy)

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Owner:
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Released:
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
Origin:
London, United Kingdom
Recently Spotted:
In Bluey's Hide and Seek

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This Trackable has been to Brussels, Belguim. There are a few more places called Brussels in the world and I liked the sound of Brussels, Illinois, USA, so that can be the goal. 

Sorry this is just a proxy but too many geocoins get stolen these days. No need to visit it in to every cache you find. Blank visit logs are boring and just make the map hard to read. 
 

Brussels, Illinois, US 
This Brussels is a small town in the Calhoun County of Illinois, United States. Population count at the 2000 census was 141. This town is interesting situated in between two of the great rivers of the United States: Mississippi River and Illinois River but isn’t covered by water at all. It is home to a population of endangered bald eagles. The town was first settled by Germans in 1822 but it received its name from its first resident priest Father John Moliter who died after three months upon reaching the town. The towns’ people decided to name the town ‘Brussels’ after his hometown in Belgium. 
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About This Item

Brussels 2024 - proxy

A laminated copy of the original Brussels Geocoin. It's attached to a blue home made travel tag. 

 

Status Update

May 2024.            4243.8km           Au Font Mega, Haute-France, France
June 2024.           7050.4km.          Curral dar Freiras, Madeira, Portugal 
July 2024.             12793.2km.        SE UK Mega, Kent, England
August 2024.        14025.4km         Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
September 2024.  15251.3km.        Strasbourg, Grand-Est, France
November 2024.    16335.1km         Menat, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
December 2024.    18514km            Paris, France
January 2025.        23757.9km         New Minas, Nova Scotia, Canada 
April 2025.             26965.1km         Bay Roberts, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
May 2035.              34258km            Sitka, Alaska, USA
July 2025.              38886.8km          Canton, Connecticut, USA
October 2025.        41295.6km          Pasadena, Texas, USA

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Tracking History (25662.1mi) View Map

Dropped Off 10/29/2025 heb1048 placed it in Bluey's Hide and Seek Texas - 1,498.71 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/28/2025 heb1048 retrieved it from Mosquito Heaven II: Big Island Slough Texas   Visit Log

As noted in my previous post I forgot to physically drop the TB in the Mosquito Heaven II cache before closing it up so I am "virtually" retrieving this TB to drop it physically at another more convenient cache as I don't have time to revisit this one.
Dropped Off 10/28/2025 heb1048 placed it in Mosquito Heaven II: Big Island Slough Texas - 1,496.77 miles  Visit Log

Good place for this guy to take a leak in private. I’m lucky to have seen the original manikin piss in Brussels. It’s a small fountain in a small unassuming location but it gets a lot of tourist attraction. Thanks for putting this TB into circulation and sorry that I hung on for a while. I had hoped to dip it in some caches during a cruise but it didn’t work out.

Actually I forgot to leave the TB here! So I am going to grab it from here (virtually) and drop it at another cache. I don't have time to bush whack back in to this cache to physically drop it off! SORRY! But I will keeep it in circulation; just have to figure out how to do this on the web site.
Visited 7/25/2025 heb1048 took it to Roaring Brook Geocache 3 Connecticut - 2,876.19 miles  Visit Log

Dipping here while I look for a place to drop this.

Retrieve It from a Cache 5/15/2025 heb1048 retrieved it from SAR Base Cache Alaska   Visit Log

Found this great TB in Alaska and will be taking it back to the US, either Texas or Connecticut. Actually I first saw the Manneken Pis Fountain in Brussels about 45 years ago while working at the Esso Raffinaderij Antwerpen. Dank je wel.
Write note 5/15/2025 heb1048 posted a note for it   Visit Log

Found your trackable but don’t remember how to find trackable code in order to log the fact that I am retrieving it.

Dropped Off 5/9/2025 Spatula6 placed it in SAR Base Cache Alaska - 72.86 miles  Visit Log

Good luck!

Visited 5/7/2025 Spatula6 took it to Welcome to Hoonah Alaska - 195.82 miles  Visit Log

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Visited 5/6/2025 Spatula6 took it to Glacier Experience Alaska - 3,170.51 miles  Visit Log

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Visited 5/3/2025 Spatula6 took it to CPC (Canada Place Cache) British Columbia, Canada - 2,744.95 miles  Visit Log

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