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It’s a nice place to visit from time to time: the Alsace region in France. With this time a lot of beautiful skies and very active storks… Eddy

Whenever you have to wait, to kill some time, it’s always nice to have your camera with you. These pictures were made inside and around the railway station Ghent Sint-Pieters. Eddy

Last week we made a short city trip to Amsterdam (which is only 1,5 hours via high speed train). One of the action items was a visit to the Rijksmuseum, which is really interesting. And we also made the – mandatory – boat tour… Eddy

In Belgium we don’t get that much snow in winter time. So a few weeks ago, when there was a nice amount of snow, I went for a hike in the ‘High Fens’, a nature reserve in the Eastern part of Belgium. And it was freezing cold… 🙂 Eddy

Yesterday my girlfriend had a house warming party, with a concert by two pianists. Here are some impressions… Eddy

2016 has come to an end, so it’s time for the annual overview. It has become a top 100, which wasn’t an easy selection… Enjoy! Eddy

It has been a while that I did a hiking trip on snowshoes, but last week we made a really nice trip, in the Queyras region in France. Our base was La Maison du Gaudissard. It’s not only a really nice region, the weather was also really nice. Which resulted in a very large amount […]

Last WE I was at a small performance where two ladies sang some arias and duets from the most popular operas. I mostly enjoyed the presentation, which was done by my girlfriend. 😉 Eddy

An interesting place in Langendijk (see also this post), is the Museum Broekerveiling. It’s an old auction house, where the farmers could sail into with their boats, to get their vegetables auctioned. It is also the starting point for our boat trip with the ‘whisper boat’. Eddy

The realm of the thousands islands, that’s how the region of Langendijk (Netherlands) was called. And there indeed used to be thousands of small islands (14000 of them!). Now many of them have disappeared, but there still is a patchwork of canals and islands. The islands were used for farming, now it’s for residential homes. […]

The city of Antwerp has a new landmark: the new Port House, a ‘diamant’ on top of the old Port House. Last WE, during the opening, I had the opportunity to take a quick look inside. Eddy

They are UNESCO cultural heritage: the schrimpfisherman on horseback. I had planned for some time to make pictures of them, but for nice pictures you need the right setting, e.g. with the sun in the right place. So I checked their calendar and used a tool (The Photographer’s Ephemeris) to check the position of the […]

The Sainte-Chapelle is definitely one of the hidden treasures of Paris. A small, but beautiful (royal) chapel in Gothic style, with a very large amount of stained glass. On a sunny day, the view is impressive. It must have been a devine experience for the people who visited the chapel in the old days… Eddy

It might be one of the lesser known parts of Paris: the covered passages. But they are really interesting to see: they house a lot of interesting shops and little restaurants. Last week I got a private tour throught some of the passages, along with some other parts of Paris. Eddy

A 1,5 hour drive from Kortrijk, you can find the Gardens of Séricourt. If you like gardens and happen to be in the neighbourhood, you should certainly visit it. It’s a private initiative and it is more or less the show case of some landscapers. A nice place to wander around… Eddy

Now that my ‘second home’ moved to Kortrijk, the north of France is very close. The pictures were taken during some trips in the ‘Nord-Pas de Calais’ department, which is adjacent to the west of Flanders. Eddy

When the weather permits, I take a walk to the park nearby (every person should take 10.000 steps a day and that’s more than you think…). During these trips, I’ve noticed a heron on several occasions. A beautiful bird! So I took my camera with me a few times. And it seems there is not […]

It can happen once in a while: a door opens for you and behind the door there is a truly wonderful world… My dear friend Frank Romano asked me to visit a letterpress shop with him during his short stay in Belgium. The owner, Patrick Goossens picked us up and drove us to an old […]