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Continue reading →: FOMO (fear of missing out)We have done a bit of an unusual thing, at least for a Belgian
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Continue reading →: Go South
It’s cucumber time. You notice it when silly things, in which nobody is really interested, fills our news apps and fills the home screen of our smart phones. So what else to do but talk about the weather? It might me an obvious subject to start a conversation in England,…
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Continue reading →: TDF (also known as Tour de France)Disliking bike races in the way that I do, is probably a sign that I am no real Belgian. (I should have a serious talk with my mother about this.) Much worse then what I called ‘Football Mania’ when I was living in Argentina, is this “Bike Mania” here in…
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Continue reading →: The Sorrow of BelgiumThe best thing about summer temperatures is that they are generally followed by thunderstorms. And that’s exactly my favourite kind of weather. As much as Belgians fear temperatures above 25 degrees, they also fear thunderstorms. The country even gets ‘codes’ when there might be thunderstorms coming. Code yellow, code orange,…
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Continue reading →: The experience is real!As I mentioned in my previous post, should one embrace tourism or try to stop it? Well, I guess what you will read here is kind of my answer to it! You all know Gent, right? Ghent, Gand, Gante, or whatever you call it in your language? It is a…
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Continue reading →: Back in the game…?Has this blog become dormant? Maybe it looks like it, but well, it isn’t anymore! We are now 3 years further in the 21st century and here I am again. A tourist, no longer an expat and always a local. Yes guys, I guess I have officially moved out of…
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Continue reading →: Spa-see-ba (thank you)The other day I had lunch with my mom, I don’t know how we got to this, but she mentioned that she thought St. Petersburg is the most beautiful city she has ever seen. And she has seen a lot. Of course, St. Petersburg has been on my ‘to see’ list…
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Continue reading →: Every King wears a CrownAs we all know, every king wears a crown… Although I do know it has become a bit out of fashion ; apart from maybe the British Queen, who still wears one? I have never seen our king with a crown, and I even wonder if he has one. But…
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Continue reading →: The Red Light CityPatience is what I thought I have already learned. When you live in Argentina, patience is what you need. To wait in line at the bank, to wait in line for the bus, to wait in line for the supermarket, only patience can save you. And I thought I had…
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Continue reading →: Sí se puede!! (yes we can)Today was the big day, the day we have all been hoping and waiting for, not just for weeks, but for years. The day that the melagomane, populist, demagogue that Cristina was, would be replaced by a normal, intelligent president. How she could talk! Wrap everyone around her fingers saying…






