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Mother Christmas

Mother Christmas is busy making lace in a shop window close to the Grande Place in Brussels. Linked to Ruby Tuesday.

Flowery Brussels

The inner courtyard of Brussels’ Town Hall (Hotel de Ville) currently boasts an attractive flower display containing the black, yellow and red of the Belgian flag.  The surrounding pink hydrangea […]

Keep Looking Up

 -Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 16 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photos taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with […]

Old Buls

Movember could have been designed for this distinguished Belgian, Charles (or Karel) Buls, politician, writer and mayor of Brussels from 1881-1899. He was a great proponent of language equality, insisting […]

Hergé’s Adventures in… Brussels

Georges Prosper Remi (22 May 1907 – 3 March 1983), known by the pen name Hergé, was a Belgian cartoonist, born in Brussels. His best known and most substantial work is The Adventures of […]

Illuminated Bruges

Wonderful Bruges: beautiful buildings, scenic waterways and so much beer! I particularly enjoy Bruges on cold, dry evenings, when the town is lit up and I can warm myself with […]