[Leica] Nathan's PAD 19/6/2017: Rue de la Longue Vie (Long Life Street)

[Tina Manley]

Nathan -

Are you still in Brussels?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40349654

Hope all is well.  Brussels is such a center of calm and order.  You don't
think of terrorism and Brussels, but I guess all of that is changing.

Tina

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 3:18 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> I am back in Brussels, and yesterday I went for dinner in the place where
> my Brussels life started back in May 1995, an African neighbourhood called
> Matongé or Little Zaire, in Ixelles, part of the central Brussels. I lived
> here for a few months when I first moved from New Jersey to Brussels. In
> the summer, it is a wonderful place, with many bars and ethnic restaurants
> and shops. There are some vague signs of hipsters moving in, but so far
> they have been kept in check.
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> The neighbourhood has a short pedestrian street called Rue de la Longue
> Vie, which contains several African restaurants. I have eated at both
> Soleil d’Afrique on the left and Cap Africa on the right. I prefer the
> latter, and that is where I had a delicious dinner of grilled goat and
> fermented tapioca dough last night:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-Sdv4tfR/A
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> Just before I reached the restaurant, this lady approached me and asked to
> take her picture, just like that:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-CvQhmKX/A
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> And after I finished my dinner, I lingered a bit to take in the street
> life:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-sr8656s/A
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> This last image is technically deficient but I like the scene, never mind
> sharpness.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
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