A (photo-) blog about the beautiful Belgian town Bruges as seen through the very two eyes of an inhabitant. Sharp, witty, and... always admiring.
01-05-2006
Red carnation
Might there be one of those beautiful red carnations (symbol of the socialists) for our own lapel?
01-05-2006, 00:00 geschreven door Blog from Bruges
The Socialists celebrate May 1
By way of calling it an evening, here are some ambiance-pictures of the May 1st celebrations in Bruges. Mind you, those were all taken after the rain and before the evening partying. As usual, Frank Van Acker is being honoured with offerings of flowers.
01-05-2006, 00:00 geschreven door Blog from Bruges
Choco-laté
The four-day "Coco-laté" event is almost done. That the public was quite interested in the happening can be seen in this photo, taken saturday afternoon. There were moments of fierce shoving and pushing in order to partake of the Old Sint-Jan bourse.
01-05-2006, 00:00 geschreven door Blog from Bruges
Choco-laté (2)
It's not even neccessary to go inside to have a taste of the chocolate bourse... chocolate-bodypainting happens right at the window. To be honest, I used the zoom. Otherwise, you wouldn't have seen anything.
01-05-2006, 00:00 geschreven door Blog from Bruges
The Flor Van Acker House
The house is at number thirty, Korte Vulders street. In fact, I need not explain, It's all written on the side of the house.
01-05-2006, 00:00 geschreven door Blog from Bruges
Florimond Van Acker
I did briefly mention Florimond Van Acker on a previous occasion (1858-1940). That was when I posted the old picture foto of the Small Fishmarket. It was Florimond Van Acker who made the picture. He was an artist, and made portraits, landscapes and cityscapes in watercolour, oil, crayon and pastel. He also made posters for the city of Bruges, taught art at the City Academy, where he was its director from 1909 to 1926. This house was conceived and built for Flor Van Acker. The ground floor was where he saw his customers, while his atelier was on the upperfloor. The house is still in use as a House of Art.
01-05-2006, 00:00 geschreven door Blog from Bruges
Straight through Bruges
Even before the Sacred Blood procession, Bruges draws crowds for another famous event : the "Straight through Bruges" Classic Running event. That's on Sunday, May 7, this year. It's called a 15 kilometer classic, although in fact, it's only 14 kilometers. It seems that "15 km" sounds better... Here, at "Het Visioen" (The Vision), the runners are in their 12th kilometer and for those who took their training a bit less seriously, it is indeed a stretch where they may begin to experience visions. It's not to be seen on this photo, but year after year, more and more women do participate in this running event.
01-05-2006, 00:00 geschreven door Blog from Bruges
The Sacred Blood Procession
May 1 or not May 1 (Labour Day), I am starting off the day with a picture of the Sacred Blood procession. The countdown has begun. 24 more days. Yesterday, we had a representation of God chasing Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Today, we get to see Cain, still holding the club with which he just committed his infamous fratricide.
01-05-2006, 00:00 geschreven door Blog from Bruges
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