Sunday, September 25, 2011
Animating
Monday, May 10, 2010
visit Beer museum and buy some coasters.... 3 Euro entry give us a free beer
Lamb chops for dinner
Sunday 2 May 2010 Visit Elise in Tienen
Lunch at a restaurant in the Grand Place "Incognito"
Dinner at Elise's house Monday 3 May 2010 Walked from Gisele's apartment into the City and then to Place Du Jeu de Balle (a brocante/Flea Market) I bought some old cogs from clocks
Coffee at lunchtime with Gisele in City Deux Dinner at home that night Tuesday 4 May 2010 I walked from Gisele's to Melinda's then walked and toured the Art Nouveau houses in Schaerbeek
Dinner with Melinda - Asparagus a la Flamande Wednesday 5 May 2010 To Leuven visted Gustav and Giya Walked around a deserted mental asylum which has large deformed trees
Beautiful old brick 4 story building
Had dinner at a vegetarian restaurant "Lukemieke" Thursday 6 May 2010 Caught train to Tienen and Elise made me Lapin (rabbit) stewed with Red wine and onions for lunch.
Went to visit Anne-Marie and Michel for dinner. Played piano and sung...
Anne-Marie played selections from the Magic Flute while Michel sung (bass) Friday 7 May 2010 Went to Place Du Jeu de Ball and photgraphed stuffed animals.
Had a coffe at the De Skieven Architek Bought 2 tunisian pottery plates Visited the Brussels Fine art gallery and saw the newly opened Rene Magritte wing
Took closeups of faces of many 17th century paintings Met Gisele for lunch in the gallery Cafe Walked back to De Brouckère and shopped at the Delhaize supermarket on the way home. Saturday 8 May 2010 Skyped with friends in Australia Gisele slept in Caught metro to Louise where Gisele had a haircut and I bought a shirt... eventually found a toilet in Macdonalds Made rollups for lunch - Gisele didn't like them. Met up with Milou and toured Parcours D'Artistes in St Gilles Walked to Les Marroles and had dinner at a typical Belgian Restaurant - had Waterzoii at the Restobieres 32 rue des Renards/Vossenstraat Sunday 9 May 2010 Drove to Elise for Mothers day Shopped at the Delahaize on the way Gisele dropped me at the local Brocante and I bought some flowers for Elise Walked to Elise's house Gisele cooked Ratatouille and fish for lunch Fresh Strawberries, Blackberries, yoghurt and Speculoos biscuits for dessert Walked around Tienen whilst Elise watched the Spanish Grand Prix (Barcelona) then visited a Brocante in the grounds of the Chateau de Helecine in the village of Opheylissem (Helecine) Took some good photos of stuffed ferrets but nothing to buy... Monday 10 May 2010 Phoned Flavio and organised to meet tomorrow Walked to the Wolowe shopping centre and to the Cook & Book bookshop where I bought some CDs as presents (classical) Had a haircut at the shopping centre
Caught the metro and met Gisele at the Metropole hotel for lunch -
had a Salade Nicoise and a grapefruit juice Bought some Fetta to make a Greek Salad with our fish for dinner - and framboises and fraises for dessert Caught the Metro to Avenue Louise and then got lost walking to Les Petits Riens Just got back home and it's 5.15pm... exhausted again





