Mediaeval times ....

folly in the park ...

I've just been for a long walk and came across this - so cute. 

We've been behaving like true continentals and doing our shopping every day, at a very leisurely pace. 

Yesterday we had lunch with an old friend from the Australian embassy in Brussels - now retired.  Klaus has been quite ill, and now has daily dialysis.  His wife Paulette has had surgery for a brain tumour.  I was thinking how lucky we all are because without medical interventions we would all be dead!  Me with cancer, Paulette because of the tumour, Klaus due to kidney failure, and Alek with heart disease or stroke.  Certainly we wouldn't have made it past middle age in mediaeval times.

All around people are getting ready for Christmas, I walked down the street and smelt mulled wine coming from the Marche de Noel.  But at least there hasn't been any annoying Christmas music, and with the cold, crisp, sunny days, it seems appropriate to be drinking mulled wine.  At least that's my excuse ....

Thursday night we had dinner at a Bosnian restaurant with our friends Svetlana and Marcel.  Marcel is still singing.  We had a great laugh, and too much good food.

In the park today I discovered the exercise equipment, so did some situps, but wished I had a mate to do it with as it wouldn't be so embarrassingly obvious.  More later ...