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

[Nathan Wajsman]

Hi Tina,

Yes, I am still in Brussels, I am flying to Berlin tomorrow morning. I actually passed through Gare Centrale earlier today on my way to a wonderful photo exhibition. And I have no qualms about moving around the city I love as I please. I am not letting some camel fuckers dicatate what I do and where I go. I will take a taxi rather than public transport to the airport tomorrow, but only because the train times are not convenient for me given that I want to be at the airport at 6:30.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
YNWA













> On 20 Jun 2017, at 23:04, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Nathan -
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> Are you still in Brussels?
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> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40349654
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> 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
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> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 3:18 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
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>> 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.
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>> This last image is technically deficient but I like the scene, never mind
>> sharpness.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
>> 
>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
>> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
>> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
>> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
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