1 Mar 2017

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY - WEDNESDAY HODGEPODGE





Belgium  Carneval in Villers la Ville



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1. 'Slow and steady wins the race'...tell us about a time this was true in your own life.
This quote doesn't fit at all on me. I am not slow and steady if I want something, I am rather the person who stamps my  foot  on the floor or I use the crafty way to get things happen immediately ! There is nothing in my life I got by being slow and steady !

2. 'As slow as molasses'...Do you like molasses? How about maple syrup? Caramel? Butterscotch? What's your favorite of the slow moving treats mentioned here, and what's your favorite food made with that sweet treat?
Difficult to answer the question, I am not a "sweet" girl ! The only thing I like from time to time are pancakes with maple syrup, but only during holidays. 

3. Your favorite slow song?
I don't have a favorite slow or quick song !

4. Your favorite thing to make in a slow cooker or crock pot?
I don't cook anymore ! 

5. 'You may delay, but time will not.' ~Benjamin Franklin Are you more a hurrier or a delayer when it comes to unpleasant tasks that need doing? What are you currently either delaying or hurrying to get through this week or month?

As I can do what I want when I want, for the moment I am rather delaying things !

6. Tell us three thjngs you encounter regularly or even just occasionally that you find to be annoyingly slow.
Occasionally Internet, slow traffic to city center, waiting to be served in a restaurant

7. March is National Craft Month. Are you crafty? Tell us about something crafty you'll try in the next thirty one days. Or something crafty you'd like to try or wish you had the skill to make happen.
I can be very crafty when I want something, but for the moment there is nothing I wish, because I have been crafty already ! 

8. Insert your own random thought here.
What should I take along for my trip to Germany to visit my friend ?  The weather is so moody, maybe I should take my whole wardrobe along ? Very difficult decisions !










28 Feb 2017

CARNIVAL IN VILLERS LA VILLE

Villers-la-Ville is a small little town with a total population of 9,572. It is not very far from Brussels and a well liked place to live.

In the north of the village, lie the ruins of the Villers Abbey, which was one of the most important Cistercian abbeys of Europe founded in the 12th Century.

This time I didn't go there to walk amongst the ruins but outside to see the carnival procession, which takes place each year.



Unfortunately the weather was cold and grey and the poor people in their costumes were freezing. But that didn't matter at all, they all had a lot of fun and beer was warming up anyway !



The procession



Monks and a canon to shoot confetti on the public !



The band in the procession



All kind of costumes



The tractor had to pull the carnival wagons



Need a surgery ? here there are surgeons !



The giants of Villers



Beautiful dresses



Clowns and dancers



Doctors, nurses and an "ambulance"



Of course pirates could not be missed



Pigs and cows have fun together



Stewards and pilots in front of an airplane




and the others with fancy costume or masks.

There also was a huge tent with a lot of different food and drinks, and a fancy fair for the kids.






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