FLORALIES OF GHENT - BELGIUM

In 1959 my parents moved with me to Brussels. Ever since I never managed to see the flower show called "Floralies" in Ghent which became very famous over the years. This year a Bus company from Waterloo proposed a trip to Ghent to visit the "Floralies" ! We were 17 to participate and it had been really very beautiful and worthwhile to see.

Flower festivals have been organized in Ghent since 1648 mostly in churches. From 1808 on the flower growers founded a new association in the Society of Agriculture and Botany of Ghent.

The creativity of these artists is amazing. Pictures are better then words !

Warhol pictures made with moss

Linking to 

TRAVEL PHOTOS SOUVENIRS 

THROUGH MY LENS 

TRAVEL TUESDAY  

CRISS CROSSING WATERLOO

I wanted to post a nice "Our World" but such romantic things like going to the bank took my whole afternoon. And not only mine but of the bank too ! I wonder what they do the whole day, because we have to handle our things mostly ourselves online and if you want to see a living soul, you have to ask for an appointment which takes at least 15 to 20 minutes listening to an awful music. 

In short I post the few pictures I have taken out of my car driving through Waterloo and a little bit around as I was too early. I don't tell you how many men horned behind me when I stopped to take my pictures, but I let them horn !

And here is my criss cross sightseeing of my town Waterloo in Belgium

 

 

At home, vue from my kitchen

This is Waterloo's official Christmas tree and the abbrevation .... not very much appreciated by the real Waterloo people born and living here. There are too many strangers now !

 

Very close to the modern cone, representing a fir tree, stands this nice real Christmas tree in the garden of a Waterloo citizen !

 

 

 

 

 

 

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