Belgium: Ten Cool Things
1. At the start of our meetings, a woman in a tall gold headdress from Bali did an amazing welcome dance. This was my point of epiphany, where I got over all the crap and remembered the wonder in my life.
2. My Egyptian roomie's bathroom case has all sorts of bottles and tubes labeled in Arabic.
3. I'm on a polder. Polder is one of those words I stopped thinking about after Junior High geography.
4. My Bangladeshi friends assured me that our Fall is a good time to visit. No rains. And hopefully no general strikes (like earlier this year, when I had to cancel).
5. Euros feel like play money to me. It makes them easy to spend.
6. My handmade paper notebook is full of scribbles and names - Geoff, Vi, Kevin, Renice, Michael, Shahnewaz, Florence, Helen, Martin, Patrick, Surendra, Gerardo.
7. Someone gave me a newsletter that gives the following statistic (among others) - Number of women adapting the value of taking nutritious food in day to day life: 1,478.
8. Belgian chocolate.
9. Belgian beer. And cheese.
10. This town's attractions which include de Pier, a 350 meter "bridge" stretching out into the sea, a serpentarium, and a bowling alley named The Bowling Stones.
posted by Lucia @ 11:07 AM
9 Comments:
and here's Lucia, back up on her horse, regal, radiant.
ah. cheers to you.
Sounds great! Looking for your next entry, too! Maybe it just seems boring until you meet the people? :)
Peace,
~Ch
I am so glad you are feeling better. Also, I want to wish you a happy mother's day-- you mother the world with the work you do!
You better eat a lot of Belgium chocolates for me. I'm all over regional delicacies.
Sounds exotic and fun.
Lucia's back!
"The Bowling Stones" ... hahahahaha
Oh yeah! You're having fun again.
Sounds like fun! I was in Denmark a week ago and managed to drop a quick visit to Sweden as well.
You are so right about Belgian beer and chocolate.
Wonder if you had a chance to have some of them lovely waffles?
Yay! I am glad things are looking up. The Bowling Stones made me laugh - have a beer for me before you leave - I tend to like ambers and porters.
Sounds great.
My parents went to Europe when I was in college and my brother was in the Army, and my mother's favorite country of all was Belgium. She marvelled at the food, and the people, and the lace. :)
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