I do not love musicals

Regards from Mary Poppins!

She is in person as cute as she is in the pictures or in the movie. But why does she need to sing so much?

I was not fully informed about the theathe piece we went to watch, but I am still happy I went. I thought it was a "normal" theatre, but it was a musical and so far I have not been that big fan of them. Even the movie version of Mamma Mia annoyed me with the musical approach - and I do love Abba. Strange...

Anyways, like I said the company was good. The most annoying thing in the theatre was not on stage but a girl 4 seats away from me. She was about 5 years old, sitting on her mother's lap and her nose was running all the time - and she was sneezing it in every 3-5 seconds.

When this was going on at the first half, I assumed her mother had no tissues but the half time would be a chance to get them. Dead wrong: The same sneezing continued thourgh out the whole show.

Dear mothers and fathers, KEEP TISSUES IN YOUR POCKETS AND USE THEM!!! Or stay away from public ;o)

PS On our way back home it started to snow again. This time the snow flakes were about 1cm size - giant ones. Still too warm for the snow to stay, only +1C but as said the winter is coming soon.

Told you - The winter is coming!

It is snowing!

I said the summer is over. We have had all week the mornings around 0 C and tops +3. Up north was yesterday -8 C and this morning the ground is white.

The car windows have been on ice many mornings - except yesterday when it was raining. Luckily I have in this car the heater that warms up the car for the moment I choose. It will be ready in 15 minutes so I better hurry...

Perfect morning to wear some Calvin Klein's "Summer" EDT ;o)

Tonight it is theatre time with Mary Poppins. Thrilled about it? No.
Do I wanna go? Of course! The company is good and I am always ready for new experiences :o)


Have a fantastic weekend, where ever you are!

PS One year in BRU we were on a beach sunbathing in mid April, let's see if I have any good photos as comparison...

Surprise: School theatre can be good!

Last weekend at our kids´ schoolwas a theatre play of Narnia made by middle school, classes 7-9. I must admit I was pretty sceptic about it and wasn´t expecting much but I am happy to say I was wrong!

To follow the story, it helped that I had seen the movie but the key was the quality of the performances. I´m not an expert in theatre but I was impressed by the strong roles played. We need to remember that these were 12 to 15 years old kids.

Also the production crew was all student based, only adult being the director. Excellent experience for the kids.

...You might wonder why did we go there at all?

Well, we had heard the productions are surprisingly good but that was not enough to get me to go. Having a son of our friends in a leading role did it...

Car Boot Sale was OK

Car Boot Sale was quite good, but not perfect. Weather started perfect for flip-flops and shorts but I also needed to put a jacket on at some point. Atmosphere and music was good snacks & drinks depending on each individual and in my case it was perfect. Banana for b-fast, chicken wrap for lunch and cheese & salami with a wine glass for snack.

What else does a man need? Well, the beer I had in the evening ;o)

I sold more then half of my suff and found at the end also some kids´ clothes but there was no interest to them, except a winter jacket for boys. Someone valued it much enough to pay 5 euros, but no-one even asked for a price of the nice shirts and a dress I had there. Lady next to me had loads of clothes that she was selling for 25 cents per piece and still there was no interest...

As always some people were looking for good stuff for free, but I rather keep some stuff to give for free to friends or relatives then sell to strangers for a rediculous price. One lady expected me to sell kids´ diving fins, snorkle and mask for 1 euro. I didn't. The mask & snorkle I sold for 3 euros - having bought it from Spain for about 9 euros - but the fins are still with me. That is if you have usage for fins size 36-37, come and get them!

All and all it was worth the trip, I sold 2 pairs of hockey skates - of course to a Finnish family. I was a bit surprised that the slalom skis didn´t raise any interest, but I know in US it is more common to rent the skis and you can´t make day trips for slopes down here... Then again, the nieces in Finland might appreciate some day the lack of buyers.

It was also proven that in Belgium such events need to start and finish early. That event was supposed to be from 10 am to 4 pm but almost everyone was ready to sell already 9 am and leaving around 1 pm. Cost for the spot was 20 euros and money went to the school Family Association that supports arranging different activities for the kids.

A town of Tongre is famous of flee market and antique sales on Sundays, but I have never been there. Don´t particularly wish to wake up at 6 am for such a trip. Making it to Waterloo or Sablon area before noon is tough enough...