For one weekend a year, the public is invited to visit and discover Brussels’ historic monuments and city landmarks through guided tours and walks. Titled Journées du Patrimoine / Heritage Days, this annual event usually takes place on the last weekend of September. I had missed the Journées du Patrimoine in previous years as I wasn’t in town. So even…
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I walk through Parc d’Egmont every day on my way to work. Rain or shine, it is always a pleasure to pass through this tiny park – a tiny oasis steps away from the ugly Ring Road which is part of the unfortunate Brusselization phenomenon. A few days ago, as always, I entered the park from Rue du…
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Day 7 of our summer holiday in Hokkaido: After making it across Shiretoko Pass 知床峠 and an unusual episode of car-sickness which rendered me with no appetite, I woke the following day with renewed vigour to the loud squawking of seagulls in Rausu 羅臼 fishing village.Located along the Okhotsk Sea, Rausu is on the eastern edge of Shiretoko Peninsula 知床半島,…
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Last weekend, we drove from Brussels to Maastricht, a Dutch city that is at the border between the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. This was the first time that either one of us had been to this part of the Netherlands; AB has been going to Delft and the Hague for work, and we have both…
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Today, I sent a gift parcel to my family in Singapore as my dad’s birthday is round the corner. I included a DIY birthday card which shows a photo that I took of my parents when we were in Hokkaido last summer. This is one of the few photos in which my dad has a…
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I recently discovered “Space Is Only Noise“, an enthralling debut album by American-Chilean musician Nicolas Jaar, while browsing on YouTube. The album cover reminded me of two photos that I had taken in December 2009 at Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris with my Lomo LC-A, using a roll of Kodak TXP400 film. The first track on…
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Am in London and looking out onto the corner of Hyde Park from my room. The sky’s overcast right now… Hope that tomorrow will be sunny as I’ll be at Cowdray Park in West Sussex for an afternoon of polo! This time last year – at The 5th St. Regis International Polo Cup – the sun was…
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We visited the royal greenhouses of Laeken (Serres Royales de Laeken) in Brussels two weekends ago. What an impressive structure! Or should I say ‘structures’ since this is in fact a series of greenhouses erected on the Laeken palace grounds? One cannot over-emphasize how impressive the greenhouses are – AB remarked that it looked like a…
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Voici, l’une des plus belles vues sur Paris. C’est gratuit, c’est pour tous qui sait l’apprécier.Parc de Belleville in the 20th arrondissement offers one of the best views of Paris. It’s free for all to enjoy, as long as you make the effort to climb uphill! Space Invader au Parc de Belleville dans le 20ème…
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Angelina Hue 