Marolles

Memories at the flee market

Marche aux puces, Marolles

Marche aux puces, Place du Jeu-de-Balle, quartier Marolles - le quartier d'artistes et de bohemes.

A little of Belgium

Anvers and Brugge, two beautiful cities

Journee portes ouvertes aux institutions europeennes

Bon appétit!

The most famous restaurant street in Brussels, where almost 400 specific restaurants are open for the delight of the turists.

Goupil le Fol

Goupil le Fol is a nice place to have a glass of wine near Grande Place, Brussels.

Beach party on the campus

A campus turned into a beach party? It happens at Universite Libre de Bruxelles...

A piece of Asia

The Chinese Pavilion in Bruxelles, together with the Japonese tower, is one of the most exotic site to visit. Built by king Leopold II, at the beginning of the XXth century, they now form the Extreme Orient Museums.
More info here.

Easter

En garde!

This photo was taken near the Park, behind the Cathedral. They really love cartoons... Cartoons in bookstores, in libraries, in exhibitions and even on the street...

Spring

Antiquities Fair, near Sablon

Stars of Europe Concert at Atomium

Around 60,000 people gathered at the Atomium on Saturday night at the huge concert Stars of Europe, organized to celebrate 50 years of European Union. Stars like Scorpions, Zucherro, Las Ketchup, Gipsy Kings, Kim Wilde, Lou Bega, Nana Mouskouri and many others sang for Europe. The concert made a musical tour and remembered those present music from the last 50 years. The concert was broadcast live on 56 european TV channels and on the american CBS.

The Royal Family was also present, together with chiefs of states from the EU. The fireworks at the end of the concert (around 23.30) were dedicated to the Belgian Royal Family.

Exhibition for 50 years of EU

The European Council in Bruxelles opened a complex exposition, with photographies, documents, but also original picks like a piece of the Berlin Wall, to celebrate the 50 years anniversary of the Treaty of Rome. The exposition, named E la nave va..., intended to give a whole image of the difficult process the European Union needed to reach the stage it is today.

Europe celebrates 50 years of European Union

In Bruxelles, the european insitutions celebrate the anniversary of 50 years since the Treaty of Rome, that led to the European Union as it is today.
The boat exposed in front of the European Council with the label Treaty of Rome proposes: Sail to Europe! (www.sailtoeurope.com).

Geometry

Royal visit

Ceremonies organized today, 20th March, in honour to the visit of the Duke of Luxembourg.

After Storm

Brussels' old cars

Being a fan of retro cars, I always take photos of the ones I cross with. Look what I found until now!

1. Citroen DS (Deesse or Godess) was produced between 1955 and 1975. 1.5 million Citroen DS were sold.

2. An Alfa Romeo Spider

3. A Fiat 500

Nice

This is a usual thing to see in Brussel, every day. This picture was taken near Merode Metro Station, in the european quartier, near Schuman (where the European Commission and the European Council are).

Parc du Cinquantenaire

When there is a sunny day in Brussel, people go to parcs, eat icecream and gauffres (waffles) and make their best to enjoy the most the sunny weather... As most of the time is rainy.

Here, have a glance at Parc du Cinquantenaire.

The parc is near Schuman Rond Point, near to the european institutions and to the european quartier in Brussel. Parc du Cinquantenaire was built to celebrate 50 years of royalty in Belgium. Here, there are museums:
Royal Museum of Art and History, Royal Museum of Army and Military History and Autoworld Brussels, where you can see a history of the automobile, in 400 exponats, that are part of Ghislain Mahy collection.