Home Stalking #6 | Ixelles, Belgium
25 May 2015 • stalking
Home Stalking is back with a house that is for sale in my local area. I would never have thought I had so stylish neighbours around here!
I found this gem on Immoweb.be. The house was built in the 60's and renovated in 2012. My favourite parts include the Saarinen table and the garden because I love the idea of square parterres in city gardens.
Update | Why I'm not blogging right now
24 May 2015 • update
I dream of holidays to sandy beaches or mysterious castles.
I will be back soon enough to post updates about running, answers to questions asked by Rai Erin Rose, and starting Monday, be ready to visit 5 beautiful flats and homes from Manhattan, Tournai, Ixelles, Copenhagen and Melbourne in the next stage of my Home Stalking series.
Running | Week 9 #20KTraining
15 May 2015 • running
Hello guys! My tour around Australia is over sadly. But to make it easy on you, I kept things similar by sharing another kind of diary... My running diary!
While writing the last update (I know, AGES AGO), I discovered that the Nike + app had a coaching feature. Inside the app you can find some training programs to run 5K, 10K, 20K and marathons. How stupid I was to think that it wasn't free and that I should never click on it? Well, finally I did and I discovered a whole new running plan. It included more workouts than my average two runs a week, so I decided to test it out even if I had missed the first half of it. I kept a little diary of my runs on week 9 just for you!
While writing the last update (I know, AGES AGO), I discovered that the Nike + app had a coaching feature. Inside the app you can find some training programs to run 5K, 10K, 20K and marathons. How stupid I was to think that it wasn't free and that I should never click on it? Well, finally I did and I discovered a whole new running plan. It included more workouts than my average two runs a week, so I decided to test it out even if I had missed the first half of it. I kept a little diary of my runs on week 9 just for you!
MONDAY
Travel | 8 years ago today, I was... back on the bus
12 May 2015 • safari, travel
Travel | 8 years ago today, I was... in Airlie Beach
8 May 2015 • safari, travel
British Crush | Marks and Spencer opened in Brussels
I LOVE the UK, the Queen, the scones, the telly, the tea, the shops, the humour, the different accents, well... you guessed it pretty much everything about the British culture. Hence the title of this series 'British Crush' where I will talk about something that I love about the country and its lifestyle.
It's no secret that I love supermarkets. I especially love supermarkets in other countries like Woolworths in Australia, Albert Hein in the Netherlands, Monoprix in France and Waitrose and M&S in the UK. I even remember going crazy in an Auchan when I was in Marrakech on a school trip in 2006. Everything looks different to me, and so amazing, and so smart and cute and different and delicious.
So, imagine my face when I entered M&S, Oxford street, for the first time in 2009. I even wrote about my fascination and love for the store on a very cute postcard I sent to the bf back then. That's how big of a deal it is to me to visit supermarkets while holidaying.
Yesterday was the day M&S finally came back in Brussels after fourteen years of absence in the capital. I had to stop myself all day from getting there early and finally arrived at about 5:00 pm, reasonably combining my visit to the store with another errand I had to run.
First impressions: the building is so lovely. Kind of futuristic and very classy. I loved it already when it was in construction.
Inside: SO MANY PEOPLE. Very cute guys at the doors that all look British but they actually are just Belgians, I guess. The first floor is all about clothes so I just rushed to the food hall, my main area of predilection.
Again, SO MANY PEOPLE. It was hard navigating in the aisles. Very hard. First, let me say that the fridges are very stylish. Second, I didn't have time to check everything because of all the people and then I also felt very stupid taking pictures.
The light was soft which was really nice, it really gets you into the mood for shopping. No harsh neons, everyone looks sexy and important and the packagings all scream "BUY ME!" Obviously.
All in all, I made a mental note to come back with the bf (and a lot of money) to choose products and read labels in the manner only real snobs do. I spotted a very attracting packaging that said something like "prepare this amazingly delicious Indian meal with all the ingredients that sit in this box". Also, I CAN'T wait to buy bacon for my future full E. brekkies!
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