{"id":1223,"date":"2014-07-08T16:49:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-08T15:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1223"},"modified":"2014-07-08T16:54:04","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T15:54:04","slug":"week-27-brussels-cycling-monica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.fotocycle.dk\/paws\/?page_id=1223","title":{"rendered":"Week 27: Brussels, cycling, Monica"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in Brussels for a couple of days last week, but also the usual cycling, and–joy–a visit by my daugher, cut short by several days due to the French air traffic controller strike but still a week and still great to have her at home.<\/p>\n

27_1<\/strong>
\nThe square in Aig\u00c3\u00bces, one of my standard cycling stops. The owners of this bar are evidently Dutch:
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27_2<\/strong>
\nAnother cycling picture which I have posted before, of the town of Busot. I just liked the light on this particular morning (in general, now in the summer I tend to cycle earlier in the day, since by noon the temperature inland often reaches 40C\/104F, and climbing hills in such heat is not fun):
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27_3<\/strong>
\nWhen I look back, I can see the coast and Alicante in the distance:
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27_4<\/strong>
\nThe mountain roads are popular with all species of cyclists, both road (my tribe) and mountainbike:
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Then on to Brussels.<\/p>\n

27_5<\/strong>
\nThe fa\u00c3\u00a7ade of Berlaymont (the main EU Commission building) decorated for the commemoration of World War I and reminding us that the peace we now enjoy is something to be treasured and protected:
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27_6<\/strong>
\nIn the evening, I walked (again) through the Parc Cinquantennaire to my cousin’s house for dinner. On the way, I snapped a few shots showing people enjoying the delightful early summer weather:
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27_7<\/strong>
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27_8<\/strong>
\nAfter dinner, I walked back to my hotel. It was late but still dusk on Avenue de Tervuren, one of the major roads leading out of Brussels:
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27_9<\/strong>
\nThe next morning, as I often do, I went for a walk in Parc Leopold:
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27_10<\/strong>
\nTraces of the World Cup:
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27_11<\/strong>
\nLace window:
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27_12<\/strong>
\nDoggie toilet, Chauss\u00c3\u00a9e d’Etterbeek:
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27_13<\/strong>
\nEarly morning, Chauss\u00c3\u00a9e de Wavre at Place Jourdan:
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27_14<\/strong>
\nAnother frequent subject for my photographs, the fries sculpture on Place Jourdan, but here seen from the other side:
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27_15<\/strong>
\nBase of lamppost, Place Jourdan:
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27_16<\/strong>
\nMorning in the EU Quarter:
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27_17<\/strong>
\nBack home, a dog walk picture, a flower struggling through the fence (successfully in this case):
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27_18<\/strong>
\nMy late mother’s cactus revived and died again this week. For more details of what I call the “miracle of the cactus, look here<\/a>:
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27_19<\/strong>
\nMonica spent the week with us, before flying back to Cardiff on Saturday. She has to do an internship at a hospital there the next three weeks. My wife went with her to buy some “professional”-looking clothes, and I posed her with an appropriate book:
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27_20<\/strong>
\nSaturday morning, Alicante airport. Once again, we are saying goodbye to one of our children. Not for long this time, though. She will be back on July 26th:
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