Scouts

For some of you the holiday is or is almost over..not in Belgium. This is what our local Brussels boy scouts look like when they leave for their holiday camp, dressed, fed,  showered, hair combed, shoes cleaned, gear 'spick and span'... I would like to see what it's all like when they return...

Kwak, Leffe, Duvel and the others

There are so many Belgian beers and not being a connoisseur, I would not have an idea where to start.

To me the glasses that the different beers are served in are at least as interesting as the beer itself.  My favorite glass is the Kwak glass. When ordering a Kwak, the glass comes on a wooden stand because the glass, with its round button, would not stand by itself. 

"According to the Kwak website: “In Napoleon’s time, Pauwel Kwak was a brewer and the owner of the De Hoorn inn (near Brussels). Mail coaches stopped there every day, but at that time coachmen were not allowed to leave their coach and horses,” “As a result, the inventive innkeeper had a special Kwak glass blown that could be hung on the coach. In this way, the coachman had his Kwak beer safely at hand.”
 http://www.bestbelgianspecialbeers.be

http://bestbelgianbeers.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/kwak-a-belgian-beer-in-a-unique-glass/

The man who vacuum cleans Bruges

Never before have I seen anyone vacuuming the street ....until Sunday afternoon, July 31, in the center of Bruges.

Belgians used to spend much time cleaning their houses, particularly windows,  and their cars.  Belgians of a certain age still do. 

There they are...finally... the sun and the musicians!

Roasted chicken

The city of Brussels feeling almost empty, I had expected much shorter lines at the Sunday morning market on Place Flagey. Because of special (uniformed) customers, however, the line for roasted chicken was as long as ever.

The artists, the curator, the public

I have received several inquiries as to the exact location of the exhibition "The Border" shown in the previous post. The photographs are exposed on the town square in Flobecq/Vloesberg and here and there at regular intervals alongside a 15 km itinerary to Brakel. The villages are situated east of Halle and south of Ninove.

Above are shown two participating artists in front of their work: Alexandra Cool and Rula Halawani. Frank Vanhaecke is the curator of the event. The last picture shows the public expressing its appreciation over a glass of wine and I thank my friend Mirjam for getting hold of my camera and taking this picture for me.

Exhibition "The Border"

 

 

 

 

Borders between countries are intriguing...but how about an invisible language border between two communities, Wallonia and Flanders?  Along this magical line running by little towns like Vloesberg-Flobecq,  Everbeek...photographers have exposed their interpretation of the subject in an open air exhibition "De Grens- La frontière" (the border).

The following artists participate:
Michel Castermans, Karin Borghouts, Herman van den Boom, Alexandra Cool, Bieke Depoorter, Pierre-Philippe Hofmann, Rula Halawani, Dara Mc Grath.

The exhibition is organized by the centrum Herman De Croo (see last photo, Belgian politician, served as Minister in several governments, was President of the Chamber of Representatives) and the Centre Culturel du Pays des Colines, by Bozar.


The exhibits runs till September and for those living in this part of the world, I definitely recommend a visit.