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Archive for the 'This is Not Belgium' Category

Tour St. Vincent (This is not Belgium)

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

Revisiting places where I took pictures 20-30 years ago: the Tour Saint Vincent, a pilgrimage in Soignies…

They are waiting…

Monday, June 13th, 2011

There we are: Belgium is ONE year without a government…

Buzz looking for squirrels

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Depressing

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Brussels can be depressing at times… Luckily after this I went to the opening of Sarah Moon’s exhibition at the ‘Botanique’. Beautiful exhibition, beautiful space. But barely 100 people showed up at the opening!!!

Happy Happy

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Same Same but Better than the Same

Thursday, June 2nd, 2011

Belgium does better than Cambodia!!! Between July 27th 2003 and July 15th 2004, Cambodia was without a government. Today Belgium has surpassed this record: 353 days… And Elio Di Rupo, the MP negotiating with the various Belgian political parties to form a new government, literally having no voice, Belgium goes for a difficult to beat […]

Full House

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

In Gent for an evening with 3 Belgian Magnum photographers (out of 4) at the Dr. Guislain museum which hosts the ‘In the Margin’ exhibition curated by Kaat de Jonghe. Opening of the exhibition from June 1st until early september. Worth visiting, because there is MUCH more to see than 3 Magnum Photographers (check the […]

20 Km and running…

Sunday, May 29th, 2011

A couple of decennia back I ran the same 20Km of Brussels in 01:19:00. Today the Moroccan Najim El Qady finished in 00:59:41… But it seems I can’t escape SE Asia: Vietnamese hats along the track. They were members of an NGO ‘Les Enfants du Mékong’ (The Children of the Mekong)…