[Leica] Nathan's PAD 13/6/2017: morning walk in Brussels
Jim Nichols
jhnichols at lighttube.net
Thu Jun 15 14:32:45 PDT 2017
Hi, Nathan,
Well, you aroused my curiosity, so I Googled Lucky Luke, and that led me
to The Daltons. My mother's maiden name was Dalton. When I was doing
genealogical research some years ago, I investigated whether or not we
were related to the infamous Dalton Gang. From everything I could find,
we were not. In 19th century Kentucky, it was spelled both Dolton and
Dalton. I've found both in my family history.
Another Old West character that I checked on was Doc Holliday, the
dentist that was sent west for his health. My Nichols line has
Hollidays, spelled many different ways, that go back to Walter (The
Minstrel) Haliday who supplied entertainers to the royal court in
England in the 15th century. I could find no true connection to Doc,
either.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
On 6/15/2017 4:02 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> On Tuesday morning, I got up at 6 to take a long walk around the inner ring before I had to be at my meeting at 8:30.
> It was a lovely day, and for once I was not staying in the EU quarter but in a hotel next to the Rogier metro station. So I explored the area just north of the centre.
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> Those who know Lucky Luke will appreciate the delightful irony of this mural:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-SQbZtsD/A
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> I walked towards Place Sainte-Catherina, a lovely square that has been among my favourites since I lived in Brussels in the 1990s:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-9tZZFVK/A
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> A city full of the world’s best beer needs good public toilets:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-wNN5WzC/A
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> A bit of nostalgia; I used to take my son to this restaurant for traditional Belgian food such as stoemp when he was 8 or 9 years old:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-9HnrBFQ/A
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> And I have always loved this little statue just outside the restaurant in the preceding picture:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-smv3JPL/A
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> Did I ever mention that I love Brussels?
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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