I’ve seen so many statues and monuments now that I was getting a little bored with them, to be perfectly frank. My enthusiasm was rekindled yesterday, however, during a visit to Brussels. I’d heard about this statue; I’d read about it; nothing, however, could have prepared me for the memorable (and slightly surreal) experience of [...]
Filed under: Belgium, Brussels, chocolate, culture, day trip, fun, humour, Manneken Pis, peeing, statues, tourists | 4 Comments »
How on Earth are you meant to explain the English language to someone who doesn’t have it as their native tongue? I’m quite glad I didn’t go ahead with the original TEFL plan, you know. Speaking English without thinking about it, and just accepting all the silliness, is one thing, but what happens when you [...]
Filed under: confusion, conversations, language | 12 Comments »
I’ve just been trying to plan some interesting activities for my remaining time in Belgium, as – oh, joy! – my new bank card finally arrived and I can now afford to treat myself to a few train tickets. I have no real interest in going to Brussels, to be honest. I know little about [...]
Filed under: advice, airport, Belgium, culture, day trip, fighting, foreign languages, fun, tourists, travel | 7 Comments »
The house owners rather foolishly left me their ‘spare’ car to use while they’re away. Ha ha ha! I asked a few nervous questions about insurance, and their only response was a casual shrug and Just try not to hit anything, it’s only third party as they cheerfully tossed me the keys. It took me [...]
Filed under: Belgium, Car, changes, confusion, driving, Fear | 7 Comments »
Zed and Kate, back at the Old Workplace, drink tea as if it has the same medicinal qualities and dreamy taste as freshly ground coffee. This is, of course, utter nonsense. Tea is bland and flavourless brown water, and has all the caffeine kick of a glass of decaf Coke. However, last night, reluctant to [...]
Filed under: Belgium, coffee, Mishaps, tea | 3 Comments »
Saw this over at Bevchen‘s. It’s a finish-the-sentences meme, and it gave me the inspiration I needed to actually write a post today… 1. My uncle once: shared the spiked hair and general appearance of the young Gary Barlow, and entertained us by crooning A Million Lovesongs into a microphone (or, erm, the phone handset) [...]
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I haven’t had many positive experiences with customer service. I spent several months at the start of this year wrapped in a duvet and making pleading phone calls to my landlord about the faulty central heating, only to be fobbed off every single time and left to freeze. I was at the mercy of Apple [...]
Filed under: Belgium, changes, conversations, customer service, foreign languages, friends, heating, landlord, unexpected, weekend | 3 Comments »
There was a huge bug on the kitchen floor last night. Big, black, nasty, crawly thing wearing some sort of armour. I thought it might be a cockroach, but I’m not very well educated as far as bugs go, being as I tend to run away quite quickly when I see one, and therefore don’t [...]
Filed under: bugs, Fear, freak-out, hair, itching, paranoia, stress, worry | 12 Comments »
You Say Goodbye, I Say… Historical Snapshots It Just Makes Me Happy
