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The week began with a trip to the nearby town Nivelles. Luckily, we had nice weather. On the program was a visit of the Park Dudaine, well known for it's beauty. I don't know why, but in the nearly 60 years I live in Waterloo, I have been a thousand times in Nivelles, but it never came into my mind to visit the park, I went to the mall and visited a friend who lived there, but never put a foot in the park. 

It is quite huge and listed offers two types of gardens, French and English, to admire. A fountain and a pond spanning several hectares, where fishing is permitted from April to December, add to its charm, as do numerous statues. It boasts a beautiful rectangular water feature as well as a pond spanning several hectares.The park is the access route to the "Reine Astrid" Sports Ground. The park includes basketball, volleyball, and soccer fields, a multi-sports hall, an indoor swimming pool, a sports field, and an aquapark.We slowly walked around fed the ducks bought a yummy ice cream and sat on the benches and watched the ducks and other poultry. We teased Kim our animator, who walked around and was followed by two ducks, that was so funny to see. 

Then we had a drink in the swimming pool bar and observed the swimmers.  At 5 pm we were home again and very satisfied with our day.

On Tuesday I went to a friend I had known when we had our Facebook supper evenings. She had called me to tell me that her cat had 3 kittens.  I wanted to see them immediately, but I was so occupied that I didn't have time. But finally there was an afternoon where nothing special was foreseen, so I preferred to visit the baby cats.

They are now one month old and so cute and real beautiful. The mother was a ginger cat a very light color and without stripes. One kitten looked like her, one like a classical ginger at and a grey one ! Or there are two dads or it is a quirk of nature. Two are females and one male.

The transformation and work of the convent which is attached to the castle is finished and the severely sick were moved in a very modern and beautiful section which is closed. They moved from the 3rd floor to the first. Unfortunately they don't realize anymore that they are in such a nice place. For the nurses it's also more easy, here nobody can escape. During the works, one person has managed to escape and had  opened the room doors on the second floor at 3 a.m., turned on the light, and even tried to get into bed with one. Naturally, this was the talk of the day, the poor victims  were terribly frightened. I always lock my door. The night nurses have a key anyway.

On Thursday we celebrated the birthdays of all residents born in May. I didn't want to stay because I didn't like the music although the female singer did her best. I happened to be sitting next to Gilberte who is 102 years old and just as much of a chatterbox as I am, so we chatted and discovered that we were born in the same month - she was born two days later than me in July, in 1923 and I in 1943. In theory, she could have been my mother. We liked each other so much and got on so well that I had to promise to visit her to get to know her better. To be honest, I never would have thought that I would be speaking to a 102-year-old lady and not notice any age difference at all. We also laughed a lot. Luckily we were sitting right at the back!

Gilberte 102 years old

 The week ended with bad weather and  I did my shopping. Normally my son and grandson should come on Saturday, but I told them not to come as it was raining non stop the whole day and a strong wind was blowing. Driving 250 km would not be a pleasure. So they will come the next weekend or the week after. We still can see each other through the phone !

 

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