The designer of the “Brussels Seasons” Powerpoint presentation has obviously opted for the “window blinds” special effect for the transition from the “Winter” to the “Spring” slide.
One day is spring, the next day winter is back, then spring again… the whole week has been like that.
Beautiful sunshine from Friday to Sunday and and a thermometer rising up to 17 °C lured masses onto the streets and into the parks of Brussels. My backyard, the Park Josaphat, was so full on Sunday that when I reopened my private jogging season – after my mother has reminded me that my next target, the half marathon at the Bonn Marathon on 20th April is less than 12 weeks ahead – I literally had to fight my way through the crowds. Weren’t it for the bare trees, you could have imagined a summer folk festival going on there…
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