Monday, October 31, 2005
Happy Halloween
Today and tomorrow are a national holiday for Halloweenn and All Saints Day. Halloween is pretty big here, lots of decorations and costumes. But the stores are not filled with candy and no pumpkin carving. Tonight we will see if trick or treating happens, but I doubt it.
Saturday night was daylight savings time here as well, which meant we got to the markets an hour earlier than planned. We made our way to a bike market early to see what we could find. We went expecting a high volume of stolen bicycles and local shops set up. But it was pretty much just individuals with a bike that they were trying to sell. One guy was even trying to get €800 for a Giant TCR. All just a bit too shady for us and very disappointingg. But along side this market was a giant regular market with food and clothes and general junk. Fun place to be, but seems best for buying food.
Markets take over entire streets. This particular market started by this old castle thing. Photo taken morning we were at the market. The dark photo was taken weeks ago.
Remembrance Day, or Armistice Day, is a holiday here and we will be going to Flanders fields by bus. From there we will tour the area for three days. This a trip organized by 2 history professorss at the school. We will get a reader with details about the key battles as well as selections from World War I poetry to read before we go. Seems like it will be very interesting and entertaining. Expect to have allot of pictures after that weekend.
Belgium facts:
Population 10,263,414 (Belgium, 2001)
Population Density 336.2 per sq km.
Population 964,405 (Brussels, Bruxelles, Brussel - Capital, 2001)
Government
Constitutional monarchy. The Kingdom of Belgium was established in 1830. In 1993, Belgium became a federal state comprising three autonomous regions.
Head of State: King Albert II since 1993.
Head of Government: Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt since 1999.
Official languages are Dutch, French and German. Dutch is slightly more widely spoken than French, and German is spoken the least.
Saturday night was daylight savings time here as well, which meant we got to the markets an hour earlier than planned. We made our way to a bike market early to see what we could find. We went expecting a high volume of stolen bicycles and local shops set up. But it was pretty much just individuals with a bike that they were trying to sell. One guy was even trying to get €800 for a Giant TCR. All just a bit too shady for us and very disappointingg. But along side this market was a giant regular market with food and clothes and general junk. Fun place to be, but seems best for buying food.
Markets take over entire streets. This particular market started by this old castle thing. Photo taken morning we were at the market. The dark photo was taken weeks ago.Remembrance Day, or Armistice Day, is a holiday here and we will be going to Flanders fields by bus. From there we will tour the area for three days. This a trip organized by 2 history professorss at the school. We will get a reader with details about the key battles as well as selections from World War I poetry to read before we go. Seems like it will be very interesting and entertaining. Expect to have allot of pictures after that weekend.
Belgium facts:
Population 10,263,414 (Belgium, 2001)
Population Density 336.2 per sq km.
Population 964,405 (Brussels, Bruxelles, Brussel - Capital, 2001)
Government
Constitutional monarchy. The Kingdom of Belgium was established in 1830. In 1993, Belgium became a federal state comprising three autonomous regions.
Head of State: King Albert II since 1993.
Head of Government: Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt since 1999.
Official languages are Dutch, French and German. Dutch is slightly more widely spoken than French, and German is spoken the least.
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