Yesterday promised to be a horribly hot and muggy day so when Amélie appeared in our room at 7.30am, I jumped out of bed, pulled on a loose dress and told her we were going for a walk before the heat became too unbearable. We were outside by 8. We decided to do a mystery...
Category Archives: Brussels Walks
An Explosion of Spring
For Harriette (get well really soon – then come and see us!). For Tara (who asked for pictures of the blossom. Your order is my command). And for Clara (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!).
Zoom-zoom!
On Thursday evening, I took the stabilizers off Amélie’s bike (convincing her by saying that grandes soeurs don’t need baby wheels – I can use that argument successfully for just about anything at the moment). On Friday morning, as I left home – and Amélie was already up and waiting in her biking gear –...
Hope
There is hope for spring yet. Today it was warm. Of course, I spent today in an office so it doesn’t count. But even yesterday it didn’t rain (and I had yesterday off so that does count)! We rented a car for a couple of hours and whizzed into the forest for some fresh air....
First Shoot(s) of Spring
This morning I woke up with the distinct impression there was sun behind the curtains. And sure enough, there it was. Unfortunately, this led me to the fool-hardy decision to go outside with bare feet and nothing but my pajamas on. Here is what I learnt: sun (even when plentiful) does not equal warmth. In...
Singing in the rain
Why is it that when people come and visit us, it rains? Every. Single. Time. Well, ok, maybe not every single time, but that’s the way it was beginning to feel when Caroline and Amélie (“la Grande Amélie”) came to stay with us last weekend. I had planned a lovely walk through old Brussels or...
SNOW!
It snowed! It snowed! It snowed! Lots and lots and lots! AND I was on holiday AND Amélie’s school had a broken water pipe so they asked us to keep her home for the day AND did I mention it snowed?! Well it did. Everywhere! Can you tell I’m a little bit excited about this?...
Winter Wonderland
I promised some pictures of the Brussels Christmas market so here they are. I’m not very good at this kind of thing but hopefully you still get a sense of the twinkle-fest that this thing is. And I have a month to practice and get something better before they dismantle the whole thing again at...
Autumn Collections
I promised myself, when I started this blog, that I would post something at least once a week. And already I have failed. Boo Cass! BOO! Oh well, better late than never. My excuse, by the way, is that I’ve been traveling a lot for work and that we’ve had my parents to stay meaning...
Living
Hoorah! Today the sun shone. And shone. And shone. We tried to rent a car for the day so we could zip into the forest for a walk but all the cars were already fully booked so, undeterred, we set out on foot. Not necessarily to go to the forest, just to get into the...