{"id":1059,"date":"2013-10-13T21:56:37","date_gmt":"2013-10-13T20:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1059"},"modified":"2013-10-13T21:56:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-13T20:56:37","slug":"week-40-more-brussels","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1059","title":{"rendered":"Week 40: more Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another week spent partly in Brussels. On Monday we had an important press conference at the Commission, and the next day I made a presentation at the European Parliament. The latter event, in particular, was nice as it provided me the opportunity to explore a place I do not visit often.<\/p>\n

40_1<\/strong>
\nThe area around Schuman is a perpetual construction zone. On the left the new seat of the Council is being built:
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40_2<\/strong>
\nNew and old. I actually find the architecture of the European quarter quite striking and attractive:
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40_3<\/strong>
\nWhen you visit one of the EU institutions, you get a stick-on visitor’s badge. Evidently, this is where many of those badges end up:
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40_4<\/strong>
\nEU Parliament as seen from Rue Belliard:
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40_5<\/strong>
\nEU Parliament fa\u00c3\u00a7ade:
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40_6<\/strong>
\nEach year, the EU Parliament awards the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Past recipients are honoured in this little courtyard:
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40_7<\/strong>
\nThe visitors’ entrance:
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40_8<\/strong>
\nI have photographed this particular piece of graffiti before. Here it is as seen from the EU Parliament:
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40_9<\/strong>
\nBehind the parliament building there is a small park with a piece of the Berlin Wall. Very appropriate:
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40_10<\/strong>
\nOne of my colleagues on this trip, Carolina, had never been to Brussels before, so we had to show her Grand’ Place. This is Brussels city hall at dusk:
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40_11<\/strong>
\n…and at night. I have seen this sight so many times, but I never get tired of it:
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40_12<\/strong>
\nI had the pleasure of having dinner at ‘t Kelderke on Grand’ Place with two lovely ladies; Carolina:
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40_13<\/strong>
\n…and Stephanie:
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40_14<\/strong>
\nI flew home from Brussels early Wednesday morning and went straight to the office. But in the afternoon, when I came home, my sister and brother-in-law, who had arrived from Poland during the day, were there already. My brother-in-law had immediately taken possession of the pool:
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40_15<\/strong>
\nFriday I took my team for lunch at Capricho de Raquel. Here is the head waiter preparing a dish, with an interested onlooker in the background:
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40_16<\/strong>
\nSeafood at its best:
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40_17<\/strong>
\nOn Saturday I took a drive in the mountains with my sister and brother-in-law to show them some of my cycling roads. Here is the road from Busot to Jijona:
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40_18<\/strong>
\nThe highest point in Busot is the cemetery. It certainly never gets flooded:
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40_19<\/strong>
\nAnd to finish off the week, a grasshopper on our banister, right at home:
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