Sunday, July 3, 2011
Trip to Tenerife
Garden Party
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Only in Belgium
Taken from Brussels Unlimited:
Demands for Courthouse Scaffolding to be Removed
The city authorities have orderede the removal of scaffolding at the Palais de Justice, one of Brussels' landmark buildings.
The demand comes amid warnings that the rusting scaffolding has been in place so long it is in danger of collapse.
It was erected several months ago (I think they mean years) as part of the ongoing restoration work. Deadlines for its removal have come and gone with no sign of it being removed.
A spokesman for the committee responsible for the restorations said: "The scaffolding has been there so long now that a whole generation has never seen the Palais de Justice without it."
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Of Beards and Boats
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Summer Moon
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Trying to see a movie in Brussels
It's another lazy Sunday, and Miguel and I are thinking of seeing a movie, so while having coffee over at Blomqvist's, we check out the movie schedule at the UGC on his blackberry. There was one I had been thinking of seeing for a while called "Another Year," though for the life of me I couldn't remember what it was about, so we clicked the title to look at the synopsis. This is what it said:
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Of Rain and Umbrellas
The rain coupled with the constant (and powerful) wind just outside the escalator to the Porte de Namur metro have created an umbrella graveyard along the sidewalk and in the square. Mangled skeletons of umbrellas turned inside-out one too many times litter the area. The smart (if damp) people close their umbrellas before reaching the square risking their comfort to save their umbrellas. Selfless, really.
When the winter rains come pouring down on that new home of mine, Will I still be in your eyes and on your mind?