Potato, Brie and Green Apple Soup – CheeseWeb Style

I'm a big fan of potato and leek soup. I'm also a big fan of cheese in all of its forms. When I first saw the recipe for Potato, Brie and Green Apple Soup I thought it sounded odd bu delicious. I mentioned this recipe on Facebook yesterday and had...

The Japanese Garden of Hasselt, Belgium

Just when I was lamenting the lack of things to write about, I suddenly find myself with a whole hat full of things to tell you. I’ll begin by posting about our Sunday outing to the Japanese Garden in Hasselt.

Kam-Yuen Asian Market, Brussels

Frequent visits to the Asian grocery are one of the perks of living in our new loft in Brussels. I’ve just returned from such a trip with two full bags of goodies for 30 euro. Mostly though it’s the fun of exploring the aisles that I enjoy. I never know quite what I’m going to find.

The Key(s) to a Successful Marriage

Thursday night - 11 pm Location: The sidewalk outside our flat Andrew (looking slightly concerned): Um, you have your keys right…? Me: blank stare…What?… Noooo… Andrew: Shit… Earlier that evening: I look at the tiny, impractical (but very cute) evening bag I recently purchased in San Francisco. This will go perfectly with my...

A Clue! or A Day in the Life of a Belgian Commune

After three years of dealing with Belgian bureaucracy, the uninitiated might think that things would get a little easier. They would be wrong. I made an important discovery during today’s commune visit – workers are only permitted to give you one vital piece of information per visit. You must then continue to visit the...

Parlez Vous? Reading Rental Contracts in French

When I enrolled in French immersion in Junior High school, I never could have predicted that I’d be using skills learned then to translate rental contracts in Brussels at age 31. (For that matter when I took journalism in university I never expected to be writing articles about living in Belgium either.) The past...

Possibilities – Considering Moving to Brussels, Belgium

A few weeks ago, I wrote of the autumn expat migration. Since then, Andrew and I have been contemplating a migration of our own. It was about this time, three years ago, that Andrew and I decided to make our dream of living in Europe a reality. We were scrambling to get paperwork done,...

Cook & Book Store and Restaurant in Brussels, Belgium

Andrew and I are opposites in many ways.

Fortunately though, we have a few loves in common. A few weeks ago, we discovered a new way to share two of our passions.

Good roommates are hard to find

Should Belgium remain a country? Unless you live in a cave, it’s a question you can’t avoid these days. As a Canadian, it’s a question that brings forth a strong wave of déjà vu. One of the things I first noticed when I arrived in Belgium was that there are more similarities to...

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