I hope everybody is having a wonderful and relaxing holiday season! Farrell’s parents left this morning (or this afternoon? they have the worst luck with flight delays) and we’re working on getting Darwin back to his old routine of not being spoiled by loving grandparents all day. In the meantime, I figured I’d post some …
Category Archives: Belgium
exploring Brussels
I have a feeling that one of the main driving factors to get me to explore Ghent and other nearby cities is going to be people visiting me. I’m certain that my friends and family wouldn’t enjoy sitting around the house, running after Darwin (and instagramming him) all day, so therefore I have to play …
finding the perfect park
This is new territory for us. Now that Darwin is walking, he’s no longer content to be carted around all day, either in the Ergo carrier or his stroller. Sometimes I just gotta let the guy run around. This isn’t something we had to deal with in Bishkek, since he hardly crawled while we lived …
fears to overcome
Well, there are many. I’m kind of a nervous person. But anyway. Living in Ghent presented me with two very specific fears to overcome. One of them I think I’m doing a pretty good job with already. One of them… eh, I need some time. First: steep stairs Every single house we looked at back …
tiny sidewalks
This is what I saw while out walking one day, standing in a perfectly normal spot in the center of the sidewalk: I could almost pet this cat. I’m a bit shocked by the closeness of European cities. All of the houses are smushed up against one another; sidewalks are barely a few bricks wide. …
Ivory Pomegranate on Instagram
After leaving Kyrgyzstan, I upgraded my candy-bar Nokia cell phone (that I had been using since 2007) to a smartphone. It not only has a color screen (!!!) but it also takes photos! Whoa, technology, cool! Anyway, I’m on Instagram now. It’s mostly photos of Darwin and random shots of Ghent, because I’ve been receiving …
in Bruges/Brugge
Farrell works in Bruges (which is spelled Brugge in Dutch). So why do you live in Ghent? Because his company is building a new office in Ghent that was supposed to be finished in January but is now delayed until June. Bummer for him, because it’s a long commute, but at least I have a …
a quick kitchen tour
There are many things going on right now. Sleep training, which also means nap training, which kind of means no sleep or naps for anybody? Bank accounts, home insurance, Farrell’s two-hour commute (each way! dammit, Bruges), figuring out dinner every night (I’m starting to realize we went out for dinner a lot or I usually …
the first week in Ghent
We moved into our new house the day we arrived. Farrell had found it on the last day of our pre-US Ghent trip, and I was seeing it for the first time. I liked what I saw. From what our friends told us, furnished houses to rent are rare, but luckily this one came with …
starting a new life in Ghent
I have barely thought about Belgium one bit in the past few weeks. All I could think about was leaving Kyrgyzstan, without paying attention to the next step. I was very much stuck in what had to be done right this second. Now, I’m sitting in a friends’ house in Ghent, the city that will …