June 25, 2018
At the beginning of May, Lars and I spent a couple of days in Spain in order to sign the rental contract for our house in Torrox. During this short period, we stayed in an apartment in Torrox Costa near the sea. Having arrived quite late the day before in Malaga, we had some time to kill before we could enter…
June 21, 2018
Lars and I were looking for another adventure… Not a trip, but something bigger. It was a dream we had cherished for years and it was about time to realize it before we would become too old. Moving abroad… We wanted to move to a country with a good health care system, a better climate and a cheaper way of…
May 21, 2018
552 ha (or 1.360 acres) of forest and bluebells: that is the best way to describe the Hallerbos. As the name suggests, the forest is located in Halle, not far from Brussels. The famous bluebells are in season from mid-April until the beginning of May and attract tens of thousands of visitors from all over the world. Lars and I…
May 16, 2018
One of the first things I did when I was released from the hospital at the end of March was to photograph again. Almost 5 weeks without photography was unbearable… I wanted to go to a place Lars and I had visited so I could practice again. And a really photogenic place, not far from Brussels is the Abbey of Villers-la-Ville.…
May 12, 2018
Well, not all spring days are beautiful… I took these pictures at the Kunstberg/Mont des Arts – literally, hill of art -, a historic and cultural neighbourhood in Brussels. It is located between the Royal Palace and the Grand Place and features some of the most popular museums of the Belgian capital such as BOZAR and the Musical Instruments Museum.…
May 2, 2018
Last year, Lars and I discovered the Egmont Park, which was the former garden of the adjacent Egmont Palace. The park was completely renovated in 1830 and became open to the general public in 1920. In the park, you can spend a cosy time in La Fabrique, a coffee bar. Since the weather was – finally! – so nice, Lars…
April 27, 2018
There are two reasons why it has been so quiet on this blog. I have been in hospital for more than a month and we are preparing to move… Guess what: we are not only leaving Brussels, but Belgium as well. It is a decision that Lars and I have been considering for quite some time now; actually I have…
March 20, 2018
We Belgians have had too few of these: cold but sunny winter days… On one of such days, Lars and I went to Blankenberge, one of the most popular coastal towns in Belgium. It has about 20.000 inhabitants and attracts tens of thousands of tourists during sunny days. The original pier of Blankenberge dates from 1894 and was one of…