Lorraine and I are continuously amazed at the variety of folks we meet and how willing they are to share time with us. Ranging from weekend travelers, to historians, teachers, and even diplomatic level government employees, these new acquaintances were a great joy to meet. Presented below are the current group of people we have encountered;
Spending just a few days in Belgium from their home in Switzerland, Loraine and Gregory sat next to us in a local restaurant.
We met Marie and George in Le Grand Place. She is from Romania and he is from Albania and since neither can speak each other's language , they can only communicate with each other by means of English.
During the Fete De L'Iris, Marc was working a booth about the history of Belgium and took extra time to tell us some interesting facts. He even directed us towards the infrequently opened Order of Royal Crossbowmen's center.
Several of the booths set up along the street during the Fete de L'Iris were devoted to high school level science projects. Eric is a teacher at Saint Peter's Jette College (high school). He works on a program which introduces to students the experience of weightlessness by means of parabolic flight.
Sjerp (who looks very similar to one of Lorraine's colleagues, Bob Moore) works for the Bureau of Information at DG Communication (part of the European Parliament).
Cyrille, Adriana, and five year old twins Andreas and Markus were near the Albertina Square when we encountered them. Adriana is from San Diego and Cyrille is from Belgium.
Sissi works in a local restaurant and took a liking to us. She really enjoyed speaking with us in French.
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