Tinker's photos
first BBQ of the year
first BBQ of the year
spring sunshine
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Aude and Jean playing, and Marie catching some sunburn. At Luc and Odette's house in Roy, in the Ardennes.
3L bottle of beer!
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Yes, we drank it all, Luc, Denis and me. Not the best of Belgian beers, but very palatable all the same. At Luc and Odette's house in Roy, in the Ardennes.
"Secondary fermentation in the bottle gives it a unique aroma due to the presence of yeast. St-Feuillien Triple has a very strong and exceptionally lingering taste thanks to its density and its long storage period."
3L bottle of beer!
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Denis pouring into his dad Luc's glass. At Luc and Odette's house in Roy, in the Ardennes.
Odette and Luc's garden
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Denis with Jean and Aude wandering down the garden, at Luc and Odette's house in Roy, in the Ardennes.
Odette and Luc's garden
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Denis with Jean and Aude wandering down the garden, at Luc and Odette's house in Roy, in the Ardennes.
Easter egg hint
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Marie & Denis' kids Jean and Aude hunting for Easter eggs at Luc and Odette's house in Roy, in the Ardennes.
Easter egg hunt
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The kids both needed some hints finding their eggs, but they enjoyed it a lot. At Luc and Odette's house in Roy, in the Ardennes.
Easter egg hunt
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The weather was crap on the Easter weekend, and the kids are too young to know the difference, so they delayed the Easter egg hunt for the weekend after. Left to right: Odette (Denis' mother), Jean, Marie, Aude, Corinne (Denis' sister) and Luc (Denis' dad). At Luc and Odette's house in Roy, in the Ardennes.
back at Roy
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I brought these Swedish Easter decoration feathers with me to Belgium, and we put them on some branches in the garden. At Luc and Odette's house in Roy, in the Ardennes.
vegetable plush toys
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The big supermarket chain Delhaize in Belgium has a very clever marketing ploy. You collect points and can get all sorts of fruit and vegetable plush toys for kids. They also have books with stories and stickers about "Madame Broccoli" and others. Marie told me the amount of vegetables (also fruit) that kids here ate went up substantially with this.
so many wind turbines
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I have never seen such a concentration of wind turbines anywhere before. I can see them in the distance behind Marie & Denis' garden, and all along the freeway you see them
sculpture place near Chastre
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this bloke on the highway does not sell any of his art, but he loads of interesting stuff outside
so many brothels!
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On the last stretch of our drive back to Chastre, Denis and I drove down a highway which for some reason is famous for having loads of brothels. We counted 14 in a space of a few km
Maredsous
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We enquired inside the abbey about me staying there on a retreat but they were booked out. This poster was on the wall
Maredsous
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After our guided tour, we also took the samples of their beer and cheese. Denis was driving, so I drank most of it, and once again was pretty legless. But in a good way
