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Little dolls in Brussels' laces

 

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WEEKEND 

It was a quiet weekend, unfortunately the temperature has dropped and I changed again from T-shirt to pullover ! Fortunately I have given up to separate winter and summer clothes, because the whole year  we have the same temperature. It's not freezing cold and not excessively hot !

In the afternoon we played an interesting game, it was finding different words for the same object or subject. Again I was amazed that the two who get always lost and wander along the long corridors looking for their rooms, play so well ! I also  had one who came into my room, looked around and then told me that this is not her room, there are too many cats and she is allergic. I brought her back to the reception, as she didn't know which floor and which room number she had. But otherwise her brain still works very well.

On Sunday it was cold and grey and we also had no activities in the afternoon. As I had got my card reader to create a new online banking on my computer and on my phone, I had lost both when they had done an update ! It went quite good until some point and then I got stuck !

I tried again and again, checked the numbers everything was OK but at a certain point it stopped and didn't go further. Finally I put the whole thing aside it was just lunch time and I decided to make a break. The break finally lasted until nearly 5 pm, when Isabel appeared to help me. It was done in not even 5 min, I hadn't put the new password in because I hadn't seen where to put it. We had to laugh, because I already thought that my brain would slowly disappear ! Now it's done and I am really relieved. 

The weekend went by so quick ! 

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WEEKEND MAY 18

We had severe flooding in some parts of Belgium. Even very close to here, fortunately apart from a lot of water on the lawn, we were spared from flooding. The castle is also located on a small hill.

As it was Pentecost a lot of residents had visitors or had been taken out for the afternoon by the families. We remaining, played a game which turned out to be a catastrophe, Kim, our animator, played a song and we had to find out the singer and the title of the song. He had chosen songs which were famous in their generation, with the result that the girls of this time had no time to listen to songs they had to work on a farm and nobody knew the song or singer or sometimes only the song but not the title. 

For me the songs were not modern enough and on top in French, when I started to go out there were other songs and other singers and a lot of English once. The girls didn't find any song or singer, and said, that when they danced they didn't care who was singing, but the two men found two songs ! It didn't matter we had fun listening to all kind of stories from their youth.

Listening to the songs

On Sunday it was rather cool, it didn't rain, but it was cloudy and we couldn't sit outside. Fortunately Kim entertained us this long weekend and he brought his dog Litchi along. It's interesting how dogs can feel the weakest once amongst us ! It was the second time she came and went immediately to a lady who hang in her wheelchair and her husband fed her ! Litchi laid her head on her lap and looked at her and she made a grimace which probably was a smile. Then he went to another one, who sat on a chair but looked lost, indeed she slowly looses her mind, and she greeted her the same way ! Then only she said hello to all the others !

 

Then she lay happily on the floor and listened what we said. Our game was to find French words, which were not used in Belgium, because we used other words. One word the French took into their dictionary and this was the word Kot. They use it too. In fact the origin is in the Brussels dialect and means a Studio for a student. Kot sounds nicer then studio ! The discussions became very animated because some only used the French words and others the Belgian once, I said I use both, it depends with whom I speak. Then we had our coffee and cookies together. Meanwhile the sun had come out and we tried to go out, but it was too cool for me and some others too, so we returned to our rooms.

Tomorrow is another holiday, we hope for sunshine !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEKEND MAY 18 - AWWWW MONDAY

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Once again the weather changed and I woke up hearing drops falling ! Not cats and dogs, but still a lousy weather. So we had to change our plans and went to a "junk sale" and village fest in one area of Waterloo, which once had been the part where posh people lived.

Now they are still the oldest generation of  people from Waterloo, born here since generations. It was a lot of fun because people are very open and cheerful.

We didn't find anything in all that junk, it's still unbelievable what stuff people try to sell, more for fun I guess, because you got things nearly for nothing.

I admired the architecture of the old houses and then we went to "La Pomme" (the apple) a pub like café and had a drink there.




On Sunday it was even worse, it was warm but very humid and an unhealthy weather.  Myriam, Nicole and I drove to Genappe, which once also belonged to the various villages which were on the Waterloo battle field.




A "200" year old soldier pointed his rifle on us.



The village had organized a "Vide Dressing" which means like "empty your wardrobe" ! There were very expensive brand name clothes for very cheap prices for sale. Unfortunately the sizes were far too small for the three of us. I didn't find anything, but Nicole and Myriam found handbags from Gucci and another one, I don't remember for 3 € a real bargain !



The cat of the house watched us leaving



We were thirsty and sat outside on the terrace of a café on the town square, and had a nice time.

Tomorrow I will have to do a big shopping and prepare everything for Mr. G's homecoming on Tuesday !