another one for brussels-beginners: there are only two ways to really get around in a reasonable time during rush hours: your feet and the metro. i did an experiment yesterday, trying to figure out if i should rather walk to the metro-station or take the tram. i took the tram and it took me no…
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lesson number three: if you really intend to actually waste money buy your own food (see lesson number two below first) don’t do it right next to the european quarter. i just paid 33 euro (no kidding), for a sandwich, cookies, bananas, apples, a pizza, a shower gel and a sald. al capone would turn…
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lesson number two: you don’t buy food in brussels. it is offered to you. yesterday i threw all the lessons i was taught as a journalist (you’re not there for the buffet, you’re there for a story) and joined fellow workers on a buffet-trip which lead us first to european comission (vernissage: chilean wine, mediocre…
Read morea long walk home
belgian lesson number one: never lose your nerve. belgians are some of the most relaxed people i’ve got to know up until now. i was rushing (and i mean ruuushing) to the metro yesterday to get to the office in time on my first working day. though there was a million people on the train,…
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