Weekend at de Panne

As friends of us are in Budapest, they left us the keys to their apartment in De Panne (Belgian coast). Very good weekend thanks to the beautiful weather. Great walk through the Westhoek (nature reserve just before the border of France) and along the coast. Ended, as almost usual when we are at the coast, with a great dinner at Ocean in Oostende - a must.

Working on the blog

Hi ...
Just added a few years of messages (2000 & 2001)

Visiting my mother

During the visiting I told my mother that I found her old photo-albums during the moving ... got to take them with me the next time. She almost started to cry when I talked about the second world war - there must be terrible thing hidden in her head.

working at the appartment

Removed the flooring of the room an starting to remove the old tiles from the bathroom

Evening at the restaurant

Wet for dinner with Hubert and the (big) kids to Dona Flor in Brussels (1050). A Brazilian kitchen with an Italian touch. I had a lovely vegetable-ravioli and afterwards a delicious fish-course Mariscada Peixesde Bahia.

Day out

Visited the Castle of Horst - disappointing - no furniture, almost a ruin. This castle is part of the 'Vlaams Erfgoed', but there is a lot of restauration to be done. Went afterwards to a nature-reserve, but as the time was a bit wet the last days, we couldn't do a lot of walk due to the mud. After all a bit of fresh air did us well.

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Started this blog on July 1st 2008
Will transfer data from my site to here ... will take some time.