Not posted much lately… The usual excuse – too much work. So, a holiday break gives some time to be lazy (mostly) or do other things (some of the time). Like go for walks around and see things around town.
In Brussels, the “Botanique” (Kruidtuin, or “herb garden” in Dutch) is a renowned and revered centre for cultural activities. It’s concert-hall hosts pop/rock concerts (it’s the French-speaking community’s colleague of the Dutch-speaking one, paradoxically called “Ancien Belgique”. Did I mention that such playful paradoxes are one of the reasons I love Brussels?). It also has a gallery often used for photo exhibitions. Top-class ones too! Went to see Alex Webb’s “The Suffering of Light” exhibition there recently. And of course couldn’t resist photographing the lovely building, it’s gardens and view over part of the city.
I used to work in that blue, oval-cylindrically shaped building that modestly calls itself “Covent Garden”. The pointy one in the background – third tallest building in Belgium, apparently – was once a financial temple, owned by a now defunct bank but renamed after the financial crisis in 2012 to reflect the name of the square it’s on – “Rogier Tower”. And I’ll be organising quite a big event in that hotel on the left fairly soon, too…
And of course there’s the gardens of the lovely old conservatory building itself…
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Love this city, despite all its faults…
