Trivial Tracks

finally, i finished moving in to Brugge, Belgium and setteled in. i had only 3 days to prepare the moving after comming back from a trip, couldn't even say good-bye to my best-friend, laura. why did i have to step away from her? not sure, i'll explain it to myself once my sensitive awareness comes back that i've lost over the past weeks.

well, living in Belgium is very good choice and reasonable. for example, well preserved historical sites, welcoming locals, less prices, delicious foods and BEER, multilanguage and well operating public transportation and so on. if you want someone to talk with, just take a walk in brugge and will come across friendly guys, in my case, DJ, travellers, locals and belgian-beer-fan who told me his favorites and helped me to choose some of them;) or when you want to enjoy its sensitive atmosphere without crowd of tourist, go for night walk and listen to what you hear.. sound of footsteps or sound of horses, water flowing..
and when you need some activity, take a bike and visit around small towns or seacoast. Belgian roads for bike are well maintenanced so you can easily go far with bike. even i crossed the border between belgium and netherlands unconsciously when i first rode my new bike:p

sailing on a boat, talking with real lamb and cow by pretending its voice, beating belgian guys to drunk.. funny stuff i've done so far:)

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やっとベルギーのブルージュに引っ越してきて落ち着いたところ。引越し準備は3日間しかなく、親友にさえも直接会って挨拶ができなかった。

ところでベルギーに引っ越すのはいい選択だと思う。よく保存された歴史建造物、フレンドリーな現地の人たち、低物価、おいしい食べ物と”ビール”、多言語国家、よく整備された交通機関など。
誰かと話したいときは街の中心に繰り出して偶然会った人たちとおしゃべり。自分の場合はDJ、旅行者、現地人、ビールを選ぶのを助けてくれたおっちゃんなどなど。
旅行者の群集から抜け出して繊細な雰囲気を楽しみたいときには夜歩きに出て、そして耳を澄ますと、、足音、馬、水の流れ・・
なにか運動したいときには自転車に乗って小さな村や海岸を訪ねる。ベルギーの自転車道はよく整備されてて長距離の運転も楽。 買ったばかりの自転車を最初に乗った時には気づかずにオランダとの国境をいつの間にか越えていたときもあったかな・・

セーリング、子羊や牛とのおしゃべり、ベルギー人相手にビールで飲み負かしたことなど、面白い体験がすでに味わえた:)

Author yasu : April 21, 2007 6:16 PM