December Sabatical

It had to come at a certain point ...

Cheers

Wild Guess

Abbaye Val Dieu

Spa

Brewery Car

Church

The Rochefort Abbey.

Fire

Fire starter

House

A typical Brussels street/ house.

Au delà de l'espoir

An interesting sculpture was recently placed in Matonge: Au delà de l'espoir - on the other side of hope. The sculpture is by Congolese artist Freddy Tsimba and entirely made out of bullets. A very striking sculpture. A message against war and misery, as it was said when made public.

More Matonge photos:
- the mural by Samba wa Mbimba N’zingo Nuni Masi Ndo Mbasi
- the food
- Matonge en couleurs

Just Married

How cute!

Touareg

Dinner in a restaurant.

Weird

Not entirely sure what it means, but it caught my eye. There used to be a graffiti Sunday right? :)

Door Detail

Alien in Brussels

Spa

Spa

Spa

South Belgium

South Belgium

Abbaye Val Dieu

Castle

GO

If you come across one of these, they are ticket wending machines. Quite cool. Although problem is you don't find them everywhere.

EFTA

For info the EFTA (European Free Trade Association) is also located in Brussels.

Agorafolly - Vandalised

One of the vandalised pieces of art. You might notice something is missing?

Agorafolly

As I was mentioning, the Europalia includes several events. One of them is the Agorafolly, a public display of art. Very controversial discussions at the moment as many works of art have been destroyed by vandalism yet the city doesn't seem to do anything about it ... so the artists took matter into their own hands. A very much needed initiative.

Oh and btw, Belgium still doesn't have a government!

Vous Etes Ici

By Slovenian artist Zornada.

Europalia

Europalia started at the beginning of October. A cultural event meant to bring together different artists from the EU. A very interesting event, which is worth a visit if in Brussels. Here, the red curtain symbolises the division between the 'big' and the 'small' art. 'Curtain' is done by Polish artists Kaska and Went.

The Countryside

Halloween

You might have noticed a very long (painful!) silence around here. Well, real life, a lot of work, starting a post graduate etc took their toll. I will try to be more 'daily' but then again I can not promise anything. Sorry for that and I hope you'll bear with me :)