Three incidents in Brussels – people watching
Three incidents from last Sunday that reinforced my appreciation of the truth that problems can be overcome with a little goodwill – and there is always goodwill.
Brussels
Brussels
From January 2015 to December 2017 – three years – Mrs SC worked in Brussels and I lived there most of the time. I wrote a lot of my Stops and Stories posts in and about Brussels. Here below I collect all the posts tagged Brussels on this site.
Bon appétit!
Mardi Gras – the Laeken children’s carnival
In which I finally achieve my dream of photographing a Mardi Gras carnival on Mardi Gras. Though it doesn’t turn out to be quite what I expected. A gallery of photos from the Children’s Mardi Gras Carnival Parade in the greater Brussels municipality of Laeken.
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.
Little brown bag
Little brown bag: The coming of obligatory separated organic rubbish collection to Brussels. I apply it with Swedish-style rigour, though no one else seems to.
Jazz heroes gallery
Jazz heroes from the roll-up blinds of Chausée de Louvain in Saint-Joos-ten-Noode. Many of the photos in this gallery originally appeared as illustrations a Stops and Stories post – “All that Jazz”.
Unholy beer: People watching at Brussels airport
Belgian beer isn’t to everyone’s taste – in fact some clearly think it’s unholy! Snapshots of people seen and overheard recently at Brussels Airport.
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.
Remembrance Day 2016, Brussels
Remembrance Day 2016 as commemorated in Brussels and a meditation (or a rant) on the meaning of the day, plus an apology for the recent break in service. Also a little gallery of 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.