Airport

There were a couple reasons Foxy & I needed to go to the airport on Saturday morning. Which is an easy trip if you do not have luggage. Via bus and a train.

(Foxy waiting for Joe)

The main reason was to meet Joe coming back from the US. 

Another reasons was our trip to Italy in November has been a nightmare since I started booking it and the nightmare only continues. The short story is that we booked a 5 day trip then the airline changed it’s route and had us leaving a day later and coming home a day earlier, so basically our 5 day trip turned in to 3 days. (With bad travel times) We got it changed so we had our original dates but were flying two different airline (changing in roma to fly Alitalia to Naples then on the way home flying from Naples to Milan on Alitalia)
Now if you have not heard the news Alitalia is not going to be able to fly past this month because of money problems they are saying. 

From Roma to Naples it is 1 ½ trains ride, so that is how we have decided to get to Naples. However from Naples to Milan is an 6 hour train ride and Joe thought that was too long for a train ride and that is why we cut it a day short to fly directly from Naples to Brussels. So that was why I had to change the tickets again.

While I was waiting for Joe down stairs I saw these guys come through that I knew something was up then a guy with technical equipment came by and stop with the other guys. HMMMM…they are with a band I said to Foxy. Then one of them turned around and I saw his jacket. It said “Snoop Dog” I tried to get my camera out of my bag before they started to leave but they were moving really fast with a huge body guard and a small Belgian guard from the airport (in the reflective vest below)…the photo is not the best – I was running while carrying Foxy and have an auto-focus camera that was taking long to focus. Any way I saw Snoop’s entourage in the airport…it is funny because when we saw the poster advertising Snoop coming to Brussels Joe and I were joking we should go.

this was them walking out the doors...

What the...

I went down stairs to get my laundry out of the washer on friday and to my surprise there was water all over the floor.

Then I opened the washer and saw this…

My table cloth some how got wrapped around a smooth rubber surface!

After what seamed like an hour of unwrapping it this is what the inside of the washer looked like.
Don’t even ask me how this happened because I don’t know. It is just one of those things that happens to me.

I promise better blogs than this on later this week...i'm working on them-Saturday and Sunday were crazy days

Fun Friday

I know this isn't as glamorous as when I was on the Cannes or Berlin red carpet.

 

Who knew Oostende had a film fest! 

 We noticed it when we were there for the beach...which explains the capri pants, straw hat, sunglasses and flip flops.  The wool sweater is because we are in Belgium in August. 

If you would like to see the other photos click here.

Drive-in

Saturday we the last drive-in movie of the summer.  We saw the movie "wanted" with Angelina Jolie.  Here are some photos from the night.

Front row spot.

People were tailgating...we did this last year with Anne & Erin

Foxy & I in the car...it is blurry because we kept moving - so Joe said. 

I almost forgot...there was a guy dressed up in a "Chips" uniform- helmet, sunglasses, badge and high boots  (the t.v. show chips - police officers) that came to our car and spoke in French,  however Joe told said "I'm sorry I speak English" I guess he could tell we had the American accent and said "don't be sorry you saved our ass in the war."   That is the first time that has ever  happened. 

 

First Day

This is what I wore to my first day of French class…I haven’t had my picture taken for the first day of school for a long time.

(navy pants by Zara, sweater & tank top by J.Crew and shoes by Paolo. it was also 49 degree when I left the house)

I was very happy that 3 of my other friends were in my class. Rosa from Peru, Martina from the  Czech Republic and Joanna from Vietnam/China. The only one who speaks English is Rosa and just a little bit.

I did have the usual people from countries that start with I’s that we are at odds with and in their country. There are two new countries that I have never had in my class that make me a little nervous. The country that starts with an "A" and has an old bad man with a beard is hiding in it and Kosovo. Today we had to draw and explain what our country is known for. The girl from the "A" country drew the old bad man with a beard with a tank…I drew the statue of liberty with out the book in her hand and it was pointed out by Martina. So I quickly added it. This could be an interesting mix in my class giving the state of the world today.

Also Joanna made me eat these little fruits. They are called longan not sure what they are called in English. They were ok but she kept giving them to me so I took some home.

You have to peel the outside off then eat the clear part and spit the seed out. 

Dinner

Un Des Sens is where we went for our dinner Friday night. 

 We have been there once before and had a wonderful meal...and on Friday night it did not disappoint. Even with the waitress calling in sick and the "owner" who says he has this restaurant as one of his hobby was playing waiter. The food was wonderful!  

New Market

With the new PlaceFlagey finished they have now moved the market from the ponds to Flagey. 

Place Sainte Croix (across from flagey in front of the church) is now where all the flower vendors are set up.

Flagey has the regular vendors we see every week and added some new ones too. It was much  bigger than I had expected, they now have any thing you can imagine,

Honey anyone? Or do the chickens look good?

What about some cookies in bed wrapped up in your new hand made quilt. 

I can’t wait to go there in the weeks to come and get some fruits and veggies.

Yummy carbs! 

Fun Friday Two, Deux, Dos,Due or Zwei

What do you do at 9:00 in the morning when 2 police officers are at you door?  

Open it of course...If you can picture this I was wearing my Hillary 2008 t-shirt and Joe's boxer shorts and haven't combed my hair yet. (your not even safe to wear american t-shirt in your own  home) After questioning me about my ID card, who lives here and is the house ours or do we rent they left.

 Two years ago when this happened I knew about the surprise visit and was ready...this time they totally caught me off guard and asked more questions. Thank god I found my ID card the other day it was missing for a while.  

Fun Friday

Happy Anniversary Husband! 

(From the wall of love in Paris)