Well, at least Brussels is warming up for the coronation of King Philippe/Filip. Saturday it was about going to the ‘Foire du Midi’ followed by dancing, eating sausages or snails, drinking beer and dancing with a crown saying ‘merci’ to abdicating Albert II on your head. Also see here when King Baudouin passed away and […]
In the series ‘This is not Belgium’… On July 11th in 1302, a bunch of Flemish beat the shit out of an army of French knights and took their golden spurs as a trophy. So goes the story… It has become the day for the Flemish Community of Belgium to remind the other French speaking […]
Checking out things in the other Kingdom of Wonder… I’m off to Brussels tonight. Staying there for the next three weeks… More on Belgium at these links: here, here, and here. And more recently here and here.
King Albert II abdicated in favour of Prince Filip. Here is when King Baudouin passed away and he became King. And yes, this is happening in Belgium. More on Belgium at these links: here, here, and here. And more recently here and here.
With the ‘This is not Belgium’ project in the back of my head, I re-edited part of my Belgium photographs taken in the ’70’s and 80’s, before I started travelling. They are available now on my website. Here for the years 1972 to 7979, here for the years 1980 and 1981, and here for the […]
Tomorrow I’m on the plane back to Phnom Penh. Quickly went to the René Magritte Museum x wife and daughter, followed by the Flower Carpet on the Brussels Grand’ Place. In the museum we saw ‘This Is Still Not A Pipe’ and outside ‘This is not Belgium‘ anymore… Full circle somehow… Be back next year […]
Been editing and scanning old negatives for ‘This is not Belgium‘… I forgot how gloomy carnival can be in Belgium sometimes.
I did it in 2011, and in 1981 as well. The Meyboom festival is for the people from Brussels. I was born here… The ‘Meyboom’ is held each year on August 9th in Brussels, the capital of both Belgium and the Flemish region. The parade is one of the oldest traditions of the city. Legend […]