Summer is over, winter is approaching

Every day is getting shorter, the glorious sun of summer and autumn is being replaced by bleak clouds and rain. The festivals are nearly over for the year and the nights of playing outside are already gone. The beautiful architecture of Belgium, rich detail in old stone, is now looking bleak and washed out in gray. It is time to start wearing jackets, carry around an umbrella and curl in against the weather.

On the plus side sunrises over Brussels now gloriously grace our breakfast table and we have hundreds of interesting museums to explore out of the way of the weather. Time to stay inside cooking lavish meals, drinking great beers with friends and protect our own little piece of summer against the weather outside.