Chocolate Land in September

You may recall we spent a long weekend in Brussels back in early September. It was overcast and grey the first day and rain on the third day but the second day was sunny and 20+ degrees; difficult to believe a day like this with temperatures of 2-3'C (though in Brussels it was a bit warmer today) that it was only five-six weeks ago we had a lovely summer day!

Here's a collection of photos from our weekend in chocolate land (actually, I don't think we ate any chocolates at all! We bought some with us home though but only to give away, aren't we kind! :)

We spent Friday sightseeing in town. We have both spent quite a lot of time in Brussels (including a five-month traineeship at the European Commission for me) so there were no must-see sights and we could just walk around at a lazy pace.


Saturday was the summer day, as mentioned, and we spent the first part of it relaxing on our friends' deck before heading to Tervuren park (after the guys had mowed the lawn).


Chris had to fix the puncture on the pushchair before we could head out


We started with lunch at the café in the park and then took a long walk as well as a long rest and chat while Daniel was napping


When we got back to the house there was still sunshine in the garden and Peter and I practiced posing for family portraits with borrowed kid :)


Daniel is such a cutie pie!

Still cute, even with a dirty face!

Mandatory ego shot

Future gardener?

On Saturday evening former colleague Lydia who I hadn't seen since last December joined us for dinner

We were pretty lazy on Sunday and didn't get out of the house until lunch time. We had lunch at one of my favourite Belgian restaurant, Le Pain Quotidien, in a neighbouring area. Daniel looks like a little Cambodian or Vietnamese boy in this photo (apologies for the not so pc comment...).

After lunch we explored the nearby Thai market where these ladies created some amazing fruit and vegetable art!