One of the main challenges of being a Belgian is to know how to source the best chocolates in town. There is simply so much choice! Life is indeed like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get – unless you tasted them yourself! It’s the same with destination services; there areContinue reading “Tried and Tested”
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All for One and One for All
Bring back the Musketeers – united we stand, divided we fall! I’m a great fan of storytelling and this morning I woke up with the heroic stories of the Musketeers of Alexandre Dumas in mind. In the early Noughties, when Lex Granaada, Roger Tondeur and Yours Truly organised the ESNEPs for SITE in Europe and the Middle East, participants calledContinue reading “All for One and One for All”
The Lightness of Being a Beginner
It has been a long and beautiful ride. It all started with a daring move. On June 16th, 1976 I parked my bicycle against the wall of a hotel in my hometown Bruges and walked in to ask if they had a job for me for the summer months. Just like that. In from the deepContinue reading “The Lightness of Being a Beginner”
DMCs in the Time of Cholera
(After ‘El amor en los tiempos del colera’ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez) Fifty years, nine months, and four days. That is how long Florentino had to wait, after first declaring his love to Fermina, to finally marry her. The book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez was written in a style called magical realism. The surrealistic novel thatContinue reading “DMCs in the Time of Cholera”
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