the happiest dog ever ?
This is a great dog sign isn’t it ? possibly the jolliest i’ve ever seen.
and, to my great joy, the chap with his hound is at the conference again this year. i shall get an up-to-date picture before the week is out … (and here it is)
belgian workmen wear caps
compare this to the Swedish one and you’ll see these two chaps have been shovelling the same pile back and forth !
belgium cuisine
who could fail to love a country whose national dish is steak and chips accompanied by beer followed by luxury chocolate and ice-cream.
good to see they still use heinz ketchup.
a very strange hotel
i’m staying in an old monastry. i thought it’d be all churchy, but the bit i’m in is a mid-70s annex so not quite as nice. however, it is a massive room with a ceiling higher than the room is wide.
and it’s got its own kitchen. this is the first hotel i’ve stayed in where they give you a cooking hob, pans and washing up sink.
they also denied they had any Internet access, saying i needed to use the phone line. but then i had a wifi snoop and found this a free spot.
lucky us – that means fresh content for all !
eurostar
long distance trains are a bit of strange thing in the UK. our trains generally don’t go between countries like they on the continent. the worst that can happen in the UK is that you get inconvenienced a bit.
but the eurostar makes this sport a little more exciting. get the wrong train and you end up in paris rather than brussels. get to brussels and get on the wrong train and you can end up anywhere.
luckily i made it to Ghent safely.
a better version of the worser version
this is like one of those “what shape comes next” quizzes. for those who care, here is the worser version
english national opera
here’s another orchestra lorry to add to my collection
wigs for bollards
this bollard has had a hair transplant. its lusious locks were blowing in the wind.