Garage sale
Something you don’t see much in Belgium are garage sales, but in the USA they are a real phenomenon. Every weekend you see signs on the streets letting you know of a garage sale nearby. If you follow the signs, you’ll end up in the front yard of s...
Sunday Streets
I started following Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, on Twitter and he recently tweeted about Sunday Streets. This is a concept that started last year, where certain streets are blocked for cars so people can use them to walk ride their b...
Go to university
Now something I would really like to do: walk across the campus of a big American University and breathe in the atmosphere. Maybe even walk in and follow a course, see the difference between Belgium and the USA. Oh and talk to some cute students ;...
If you’re going to San Francisco
As I'm writing this post, Laurens should be in the air somewhere between Frankfurt and San Francisco! And this time, he's not the one flying ... A while ago, I promised him to make a list of all the things he should do/I would do in the US of A. S...
Just Launched
After my failed shopping trip on Wednesday, I decided to make an other go for it yesterday. And it was partly succesful: I bought a pair of flip flops (almost identical to the ones I have now, but in white). I also had a Granizado de Pina (a kind ...
Shopping … of course
So after a sleepless night (because of the heat), I got ready and wandered into the office at around 9h30. Said hello to everyone as they walked in and installed my MacBook onto 'my desk'. Attached the big monitor to it and got to work! It was gre...
The long road to Madrid
I had a very stressy morning. I had of course left all the packing and cleaning for this morning, so I was a bit pressed for time and was just running around the house like crazy! Haven't figured out yet what things I have forgotten, but I'm sure ...
