Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
Floralia Brussels was cancelled last year, so I bought tickets for the very first weekend it was open this spring. Then the kids and I got quarantined, so we couldn’t go. Our first weekend out of quarantine promised a full day of rain–should we still go? We did! Put on your rain gear, kids–we trained…
We’re back in lockdown—nonessential shops close this weekend, haircuts are again a thing of the past, and schools may be shut for weeks. It’s a little unclear what that means for our school, but for now it doesn’t matter because today was the kids last day before spring break! Stand by for spring break fun!…
It’s freezing. It’s almost spring. Everything is muddy. Trees look less dead. I’m regularly wearing my very warmest winter coats. The sun is out. The wind! Good heavens, the wind! Ooo, look at all the tulips in the farmers markets! Rising coronavirus cases. Again. We’ll spend the night at the zoo during spring break. Why…
Belgium is big on comic books. When I saw this BOOM sweatshirt a few weeks before we moved here, I thought, “That looks comic-ish! I will buy it for my upcoming move to Comics Land. Now I am prepared.” This was ridiculous, it turns out, because it is actually perfectly suited to wear to an…
I was feeling down last week and served myself tea at a cafe table in my bedroom to try to duplicate the feeling of eating somewhere besides my house. It actually felt really peaceful, and that got me thinking—what are some other ways to duplicate the pre-COVID travel experience? I have some ideas for you….
The Belgian manifestation of the polar vortex resulted in a week of freezing temperatures and snow! I asked Isaac and Elo what they’d like to do on their day off and both kids agreed: THE GREENHOUSE at Meise Botanic Garden on the north side of Brussels. We first visited here last summer with friends and…
I was afraid Chocolate Nation would be cheesy along the lines of the embarrassingly-bad Historium in Brugge. It was not! In fact, it was great. We went on a weekday the kids and Chris had off, so we had the place almost to ourselves. We know a bit about cacao (Hawaii is the only state…
