The house of Els and Stijn is a warm home and an ideal place to discover Brussels. We loved their library, the wooden floors and doors, the high ceili...
Read More...The house of Els and Stijn is a warm home and an ideal place to discover Brussels. We loved their library, the wooden floors and doors, the high ceilings, the vintage touches everywhere in the house, their beautiful garden, the good coffee from the bodum, the interesting books and magazines.
The bizarre weather made our five-day unpredictable. Our plans changed with every snow shower. But still we had a great time: we explored the nearby parks and saw a different side of Brussels, we discoverd the neighborhood and realized that Jette was an unexplored pearl to us. An interesting mix of diversity between the exotic energy of Marie-Christinastraat and the Brussels fries of frituur Spiegel. Ingredients that you also found on the Sunday market.
But Brussels is more than Jette, right? So we intensely enjoyed the Van Buuren house and Villa Empain, we cycled along Saint-Gilles and Molenbeek and we took a tram towards the Vlaamse Steenweg.
Yes, the weather was not always our comrade. But we enjoyed the friendship from Brussels and his or her Brussels residents. 5 days was too short, Brussels was too big.
Stijn and Els, thank you again for your hospitality. What a privilege it was to be able to feel at home in Jette in your house for 5 days.
Saskia, Johan, Nina and Margot
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