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.
Belgium
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.
When did they begin, the Beguine?
There are traces of the Beguine all over Belgium it seems, but how did a medieval women’s religious movement inspire Cole Porter’s 1930s song?
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.
To Liege – The Supercargo’s vlog, episode 4
My fourth week and fourth vlog episode. I’m still learning by doing. This episode takes me Liège and an exhibition of art by French-American artist Gwenn Seemel, plus I’m very taken by the architecture of Liège railway station.
Life in Mini-Europe
Life in Mini-Europe: it’s a life in plastic, but I’m not sure Barbie would feel at home here. There’s more going on that you might imagine.
Drawing the Bottom Line in Ghent
It’s very dull, misty, grey and monochrome in Belgium at present so we choose to visit the Bottom Line – an exhibition of drawing – in Ghent.
The amazing adventures of Hergé
In which we visit the Hergé museum in Louvain-la-Neuve and learn some things about the creator of Tintin – but less from the museum than from Wikipedia.
Tourist Information in Brussels and around
Tourist information in Brussels is segregated and Brussels does not know what is happening in Wallonia and vice verse, though Flanders is more on the ball.
The Royal Greenhouses at Laeken
A stop in Brussels to visit the Royal Greenhouses at Laeken – crowded and tiring but fascinating and resulting in a satisfactory crop of photos.