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25 février 2007

Rue de la Cigogne...

Rue de la Cigogne...
One of the smallest and most charming streets in Brussels, hidden away not too far away from the canal...
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25 février 2007

Symptoms of a visual stimulation overload

Symptoms of a visual stimulation overload
25 février 2007

Along the Bruxelles-Charleroi Canal

Along the Bruxelles-Charleroi Canal
Sadly, Brussels lost its river in the 19th century, when someone apparently decided it occupies too much space. The only body of water remotely similar to a river is the Bruxelles-Charleroi Canal. Except that its still waters are not exactly full of charm,...
25 février 2007

Blvd Leopold II - on the way to wedded bliss

Blvd Leopold II - on the way to wedded bliss
21 février 2007

A Passage to India

A Passage to India
Inexplicably yet inexorably, my attention has recently been drawn towards India in general and Indians in particular. It feels almost like some weird gravitational pull drawing me to the orbit of India’s rising star... My original, and still the deepest...
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17 février 2007

Home sweet home! In Prague after a month...

Home sweet home! In Prague after a month...
16 février 2007

An afternoon on place Ambiorix

An afternoon on place Ambiorix
A mere stone's throw from the EU institutions, place Ambiorix is a green and restful oasis with lawns, fountains, and statues, and boasts some outstanding examples of art-nouvaux architecture including the famous Maison Cyr (currently under reconstruction)....
15 février 2007

Wolubilis

Wolubilis
13 février 2007

The offspring...

The offspring...
13 février 2007

The joy of doing one's work well...

The joy of doing one's work well...
An Italian cobbler in his little shop on rue Froissart, one of many shoe-making Italians living and working in Brussels. He came to Belgium in an immigration wave in 1975, and has stayed ever since.
11 février 2007

Le bonheur de passer un weekend a Paris

Le bonheur de passer un weekend a Paris
A truly marvellous and unforgettable weekend in Paris. An almost non-stop flood of intense exeperiences, both cultural and otherwise... On Saturday evening, I was invited to see a short play called Judith written by Howard Barker staged at the Theatre...
7 février 2007

Le dernier accordeonist dans le metro?

Le dernier accordeonist dans le metro?
Anyone who hasn't seen this gentleman or one of his many colleagues from the south-eastern fringes of the EU probably doesn't use public transport in Brussels. As for the rest of us, we've grown used to the sight, to hearing the rather limited repertoire...
6 février 2007

The joy of meeting a lion on a tram

The joy of meeting a lion on a tram
Unlike in Prague, the chances of seeing a pickpocket or a ticket inspector on a Brussels tram are rather slim. The most you have to brace yourself for is facing an ex or... a lion. This poster th at I discovered near the central train station in Luxembourg...
5 février 2007

Le bonheur de découvrir la derniére pièce du puzzle

Le bonheur de découvrir la derniére pièce du puzzle
Only a few old houses in the southern part of the Brussels EU Quarter between the European Parliament and the Council survived the euro-construction binge of the 1960s: entire swathes of the city were razed to the ground to make way for the tedious if...
4 février 2007

Le simple bonheur de manger une gaufre chaude...

Le simple bonheur de manger une gaufre chaude...
Seeing these kids so simply and spontaneously immersed in nibbling at their hot waffles felt so familiar... almost like re-living a distant memory. Couldn't help at least trying to capture the flavour of the moment...
4 février 2007

Le bonheur de faire du lèche-vitrines sur Ch. de Waterloo

Le bonheur de faire du lèche-vitrines sur Ch. de Waterloo
Countless sense objects vie for our attention along the Chaussee de Waterloo (not to be confused with the boulevard of the same name), flashing and glaring at us from behind the windows of all the various design - home decoration - lighting - fabric and...
4 février 2007

Quel bonheur d'avoir un grand frère comme toi...

Quel bonheur d'avoir un grand frère comme toi...
3 février 2007

My Fat Greek Wedding

My Fat Greek Wedding
A sunny Saturday ideal for a bit of urban exploration. Just my luck... in the morning I accidentaly gate-crashed a Greek-orthodox wedding! After innocently strolling along rue de Midi, and further on to rue de Stalingrad, I came to the Brussels Orthodox...
3 février 2007

Le bonheur de boir un café a Café Belga

Le bonheur de boir un café a Café Belga
In the afternoon I roamed around the dilapidated streets of central Brussels between Gare du Midi and Blvd de Waterloo, amazed at various forms of graffitti on the wall, and passing by a koranic school... In the afternoon I wandered up and down Ixelles,...
1 février 2007

Le bonheur d'etre bien assis et sans souci

Le bonheur d'etre bien assis et sans souci
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