This was where I sat for a good three hours last night. Place Lux is right in front of the European Parliament and is the after-work water hole where many of the assistants, stagieres and junior staff from all the surrounding companies come to mingle. Stand in certain spots and you could be mistaken for…
I know you were waiting for these. They got eaten very quickly. I was really pleased with them because my most regular muffins are apple spice muffins which are delicious and definitely the most requested until now but not really very summery which these definitely were. And that timed perfectly with summer FINALLY coming to…
Not quite sure what we are celebrating but going to pray the rain ends soon so I can head downtown for the military parade and fireworks later on. Oh and did you hear that the Belgian prime minister gave his resignation to the King last week? So no government again for a while… what a…
I planned to make this recipe months ago. When I stayed with Hannah in Bonn waaaaay back before Christmas I even bought a jar of organic 100% fig spread from the market. But then I never got round to making them. Until Tuesday! Actually though, my “Grown Up Fig Cookies” do not look quite as…
Yesterday Jodie was staying with me while she was in Brussels for an interview. We could have done many wonderfully cultural things with our afternoon. And we did. We went to Ikea. I love Ikea. And I don’t mean I want my house to be all Ikea stuff. (like most expat flats in Brussels) But…
A month of silence on my blog. Sorry dad 🙂 So here’s what I’ve been up to in no particular order… Serving the City – the big annual week-long Serve the City ended with a day of free games, bouncy castle, barbeque, bands and face painting on the square in front of the Palais de…