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diaries // 04 2015

06/05/2015


The perks of living in this part of Europe are growing on me more and more. It is incredibly easy and cheap to travel. I went to Lille... I went to Ghent... I went to the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken in Brussels - I guess you couldn't consider this one travelling, but this something that opens for less than a month every year and is exactly the kind of place I'm bound to like. Put me anywhere with flowers - greenhouses, gardens, fields - and I am going to be happy. In fact, the main reason why this post is late is because I spent my weekend too busy looking at flowers and other pretty things.
But anyway, here's April in a nutshell.
(More here.)


1. ghent i // 2. serres royales de laeken i // 3. new stationery
4. ma belle ville // 5. the view from the palais // 6. amadeus
7. gravensteen // 8. ugly belgian houses i // 9. avez plaizier
10. ugly belgian houses ii // 11. souvenirs de lille // 12. lille
13. cornichons // 14. serres royales de laeken ii // 15. writing my journals
16. leaves // 17. easter sunday // 18. film & a mix of gifted and bought postcards
19. gent from the canal // 20. r // 21. serres royales de laeken iii

P.S. - I've been thinking. Is there something you'd like to see on this blog? A type of post for instance: Brussels travel guide, reviews, anything? I'd love to know :)

brussels #1: the vanishing act

19/04/2015

(Quartier de la Cour: Place Royale, Montagne de la Cour, Mont des Arts)

Ever since I've arrived, I've stopped countless times what I am doing just to watch the sunset from my window. It is particularly beautiful in Brussels. Or maybe it's just me - a passer-by that wishes she could stay a little while longer already, that is noticing things she'd otherwise take for granted.

One day I was on the bus though, coming back from one of my many walks in the center, and I looked back. The view from the Mont des Arts towards the Grand Place was pretty special, and I decided I had to come back for just that. So I did.