Archive for June, 2007

Today, while feeling miserable and being fed up with Belgian weather, I remembered someone has said: there is no bad weather, just bad clothes. Well, in Brussels you can’t find rubber boots (so I bought trekking shoes instead). And you can’t use your umbrella because the wind will tear it down in seconds. So what can you do? Stay in your car? NO! Stay home and play with your favourite Linux distribution, for example ;-). That’s what I did today.

As I mentioned in Books to bring to a desert island, Part I, I will now concentrate on books about music, art and inspiration. I realise that my bag is getting heavy. But don’t worry, I’ll keep the headline but keep on adding books that I like :-).

Without these books — or without having met the people who recommended some of them — I wouldn’t be the kind of person I am today. I’ll start with some of my all-time favourite books that mean a lot to me personally.

I thought I’d share some personal observations and impressions about living in Brussels. But first, let me make myself clear that I’m only talking about the city and people of Brussels, not Belgium as a whole. I believe Brussels is like Paris in that it’s like a small country within a country. It seems to be quite different than the rest of Belgium.