A brief return to Belgium – a photo gallery
A bief return to Brussels for a boring bureaucratic task yields photo-memories of places we planned to visit but never managed during our three years in Belgium.
Photo essay
Photo essay
Collects all my posts where the photos illustrate a short essay. (Or sometimes the essay explains the photos.) These posts are photo-rich but tend to have more text than photos. A lot also turn up under Stops and Stories.
In the Dieweg Cemetery
A photo essay from the disused but not quite yet abandoned Die Weg cemetery in Uccle just south-west of Wolvendael park in Uccle.
Portrait wall at Overleie in Kortrijk
A tourist visit to Kortrijk (Courtai in French) leads us through the town on the Golden Spurs trail and out to Little Buda and a wall of portraits that turns out to be an artistic protest.
Seeking refuge in Mechelen
We were going to visit Mechelen anyway, but when the boiler died and there was no heat to be had at home all weekend, we sought refuge there in a hotel. A long photo walk in the mist/rain/snow in this quaint little city.
William Klein: 5 Cities – a photo exhibition at Botanique
The William Klein “5 Cities” exhibition at the Botanique gallery, central Brussels. No photography of the photography, they said, but you can take pictures to show how the photos are hung. So I did.
All that Jazz – after-hours in Saint Joos
You can only see the jazz heroes of Saint Joos after hours. A walk through the gallery of jazz musicians on the roller shutters of shops along the Chausée de Louvain in Saint-Joos-ten-Noode, Brussels.
A couple of days in Maastricht
Maastricht in the Netherlands – celebrating Mrs SC’s birthday, we spent a couple of days in this charming, picturesque little Dutch city. The old town is built for walkers and walk we did. And take photos.
Yoko Tsuno reflected – on the Brussels Comic Strip Route
Yoko Tsuno reflected: A visit to Japanese engineer Yoko Tsuno’s strip frame at Rue Terre-Neuve on the Brussels Comic Book Route
The Saint Job Fair – a September event
The Saint Job Fair in Uccle: giants, a brass band, death and the baker, a boy in a bubble, a jousting knight and a sleeping cat – among others things.
Comic Strip Festival
The Comic Strip Festival in Brussels has become an annual event that attracts comic fans from across at least the Francophone world.