Gaufres de Liège

That’s Waffles from Liège to non-French speakers.  During the months I spent living and working in Liège last year I picked up a waffle-eating addiction habit.
Belgium is known for its beer, for its chocolate, but also for its waffles.  Many of the bigger cities in Wallonia, the French-speaking region, have their own type of waffle [...]

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Merry Christmas!

Wishing a merry Christmas to all Christian readers of my blog (and non-Christian readers if you celebrate Christmas)!  I hope you all have a great day, whether it’s with family or friends or on your own and that you’ve been good this year so that you get loads of presents (that’s how it works, right??)
Since [...]

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Bath Christmas Market

This time last year I was traipsing through the Christmas market in Liège – this year it was the Christmas market in Bath.  After the Belgian take on Christmas markets (I also went to one in Brugges and one in Brussels) I have to say the one in Bath was a little disappointing.  To start [...]

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Hungarian Happenings

After a 2 week hiatus I’m back on the blogosphere – Hungary was great, with the exception of a few minor problems (my camera breaking on day two and some credit card problems which almost left me with 3 euros for the last two days). But a quick trip to a camera shop got [...]

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Christmas among cultures

The holiday season is beginning to draw to a close, and I hope you’ve all passed a good Christmas with family/friends/whoever you spent the period with! I’ve been with family and I’ll be heading off to France (or at least a different part of it since I’m already in France) sometime around the middle [...]

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Temporary constancy

I am now back ‘home’ for the Christmas and New Year holidays. I’ll be spending some time in the south of France and then hopefully some time skiing in the Alps in early January, before going to look for accommodation (amongst other things) in Annecy, France, my next abode.
On my last night in Liege, [...]

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