October 16, 2012

Guest post by Michelle Damiani - Three days Brussels



                             Pictures: copyright Michelle P Damiani
My guest blogger today is Michelle Pina Damiani.  I am not only happy to have discovered her blog but also, or even more so to have received her permission to share this absolutely fabulous article about Brussels with you! 
It starts like this: "Three days in Brussels is simply not enough. I feel like we barely scratched the surface. We saw enough to enamor, enchant, and enliven, but it was a wrench to leave. The food, the architecture, the pace of the city…we loved it all"    
and it ends like this: "And we haven’t lost sight of wanting to go back. We planned this trip with the intention that for each person’s birthday we’d  take a trip designed for them. Now we’re thinking that for each person’s birthday we’ll go to Brussels".
I know you want to read everything in between: http://www.ilbelcentro.com/2012/10/08/three-days-in-brussels/
Michelle is a freelance writer and food lover currently living in Spello, Italy for a year. A practicing clinical psychologist based in Charlottesville, Virginia, Damiani's short fiction recently was awarded first place by author John Grisham. 
She has been blogging daily since she arrived in Italy on July 27 about her experiences there with her family of five. The blog will be a chronicle to treasure of the special year in the life of her family. 
Michelle lived in Belgium when she was small and visited again for a couple of reasons, see more here:

21 comments:

  1. Molto interessante e bellissime le fotografie. A presto.
    Antonella

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  2. Great article and wonderful photos! Belgium is a beautiful country and I always said it would be a country that I would want to go back and visit again. :)

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  3. She is very enthusiastic. I like her pictures, she has a bit the same point of view as you...

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    1. niet te geloven hoe volledig haar reportage is na enkele dagen hier

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  4. Hallo Anni,
    Het is altijd interessant om onze eigen omgeving door andermans ogen te zien :-)
    Groetjes,
    Frans

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  5. Knap dat je gasten op neemt op je log! Mooie kijk op Brussel.

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    1. vind het interessant een 'platform' aan anderen te bieden.. it works both ways...

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  6. Anni, thanks so much for posting my writing about Brussels! It really is a special city, and I know our visit there will be a highlight of our stay in Italy this year.

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  7. How nice of you to introduce us to Michelle, Anni. Now I want to visit your lovely home even more.
    Bises
    V

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  8. bekende stadszichten

    leuk om dat door de ogen van derden te zien

    fijne dag

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  9. leuk hé die muurschilderingen in Brussel!
    By the way: wij waren vorig jaar in Syrië, in februari 2011, nog net Syrië kunnen bezoeken voor de oorlog uitbrak! een land dat echt het bezoeken waard is, en de mensen waren supervriendelijk en niet opdringerig! groetjes, Hilde

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  10. Always interesting to see such a wall with grafitti or cartoons. You see it more often.

    Greetings,
    Filip

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  11. Hello Anni
    Nice guest post on Brussels by Michelle. Please visit my blog when you have the time. I live in India but am presently in the US on a short holiday with my family.
    Regards & Best Wishes Ram

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    1. I will certainly do so and will let you know.
      Enjoy your family US holiday.. exciting times to be there..?!

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  12. Leuk om dit te mogen dellen Annie. Fijne avond en groetjes Dietmut

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  13. C'est vrai, la Belgique c'est super pour s'y balader, je ne suis pas certain que ce soit pareil pour y vivre.

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  14. Thank you so much for sharing this awesome post.

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