Dear friends, I'm just now watching the news over the situation in Brussels and I understand if those of you who don't live in Leuven might be worried about me. So my Mum thought I'd better post a blog post to tell you all that I'm fine. Leuven is as calm as usual. Last Monday I was in Brussels with a group of students to go to a stand up comedy show in Swedish with among others Magnus Betnér, and just like the comedian himself emphasized it felt like a good thing to do after what happened in Paris last week. Going to a stand-up felt like a very concrete way of exercising democracy!
Last Summer I went by bike to visit friends in Molenbeek (the Brussels area where the suspect terrorists live(d)), and that was my only visit there so far. The only problem I had there was that people were very not used to bikers - as I tried to pass between the parked cars and the line of cars blocking the street someone opened a car door and I almost went right into it! A little scary, especially as my shoes were clicked to my pedals.
Brussels is a place where I try to go weekly to the service of Holy Trinity Brussels. Not tomorrow however - not because of the terror threat but because my boyfriend and I have other plans.
My thoughts go to the inhabitants of Paris these days. I love this city so much and I'm so sorry that I haven't had the occasion to visit it for more than two year. I hope it won't take too long before I can go again.
Last Summer I went by bike to visit friends in Molenbeek (the Brussels area where the suspect terrorists live(d)), and that was my only visit there so far. The only problem I had there was that people were very not used to bikers - as I tried to pass between the parked cars and the line of cars blocking the street someone opened a car door and I almost went right into it! A little scary, especially as my shoes were clicked to my pedals.
Brussels is a place where I try to go weekly to the service of Holy Trinity Brussels. Not tomorrow however - not because of the terror threat but because my boyfriend and I have other plans.
My thoughts go to the inhabitants of Paris these days. I love this city so much and I'm so sorry that I haven't had the occasion to visit it for more than two year. I hope it won't take too long before I can go again.