Tag Archives: belgium
B is for belgium is for books
Whenever I go to Brussels, I always go nuts over the French-language picture books and comics. This trip was no exception! My parents, Stuart and I stayed with our friends Mags and ManoĆ«lle, and the first morning, I volunteered for … Continue reading
atomium awesomeness
The Soviet-looking, retro space-age, bright red and turquoise staircases did it for me, but the renovated Atomium in Brussels had me dashing about like a drunk squirrel trying to see everything all at once. Here are some postcards of the … Continue reading
family christmas in namur
Happy New Year, everyone! I’m still catching up with the Christmas posts. Stuart and I went to our friend Manoelle’s mum’s house up on the hill in Namur (south of Brussels). We’d spent Christmas there once before, which was the … Continue reading
day trip to ghent
During the holidays, Stuart and I took the train out from Brussels to the Flemmish town of Ghent and spent the afternoon wandering along the canals, craning our necks to look at buildings, and trying not to get run over … Continue reading
belgian christmas, part 1
Stuart and I just came back on the Eurostar from Brussels, where we stayed with two of our best friends, Mags and Manoelle. (Mags was my flatmate during the second year I lived in Moscow; she’s the one I poured … Continue reading
a mean game of croquet
While we were in Brussels for the wedding, someone brought out a croquet set during the reception and it turned out none of the Brits knew how to play. So I gave everyone a croquet lesson, but since there was … Continue reading
brussels loot
I didn’t get time on this trip to spend ages browsing in a bookshop, but I managed to do a lightening blitz of the news agent next to the place I picked up everyone’s breakfast pastries. I grabbed Spirou because … Continue reading
back from brussels
I hardly had time to unpack from Oxford before heading off to Brussels. It was great to see good friends, the wedding was amazing, the weather was lovely. I haven’t really organised my photos yet, but here’s a random picture … Continue reading
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