Some things in life can have a dramatic impact on the way you look at the world around you. I will take the case of the latest event that happened to me quite recently. We have been looking for the last few months for a house to rent. The place had to please both my girlfriend and I and it was the first time that we were looking for something serious together (holidays destinations don’t count).

Among the conditions were such requests as a fireplace, just outside the capital city, a garage, a kitchen that has or can have a dishwasher, storage place and of course a garden. I will not list them whole here because that is not the point and it would bore you anyway. The very important thing that even if it is just a place to rent, it was very clear from the beginning that the house had to have a “soul” or something close to that idea.

Nice Party :-) Cool friends and and original invitation (in french):

“Le 22 …2 fois 2….une double fête…un annif et une crémaillère…Le but, être plus que 2 …vous pouvez venir à 2 sans demi-mesure…pour que toute la nuit ça dure…

Dites 33 le 22 pour faire un bienheureux…pour son voyage au Canada un appareil photo il lui faudra…car l’ours est peureux…un zoom il vaut mieux ! ! !

Dites 33 aussi si vous voulez une blonde, une brune, une tequila ou une NA. L’open bar, c’est notre histoire (mais pour les spaghet’, berwet !”

As I was paying  a visit to my mom to say “Hi” and show my birthday present I took the opportunity to shoot some pictures of the flowers that she has on her terrace.

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And so we celebrate the 179th birthday of this little country with parade, concert and fireworks! It has been a while since the last time I had a chance to go to this event, usually as it is a day off, some other things take place and the television serves as the relay of the event.

Although we had a slight shower (which is a traditional here), the overall day was absolutely great. I even had the chance to shake hand with our Prince, Phillipe as he was passing by the park.

After nearly five month without a job I have found a new position as a consultant in a nice small company called front. After beeing made redondant in the last company i worked for, i was surprised to see that the first mission they sent me on was at the same client (although not the same area)
I will see what it will bring me but in the meantime the view from here is amazing :-)