Sunday, November 29, 2009

Sunday Afternoon at the Boisfort Market

Around Brussels there are lots of neighborhoods. Each has a distinct personality and many have their own Farmer's Market. One of our favorite Farmer's Market is in Boisfort.

Every Sunday after church we drive to the Boisfort Farmer's Market, rain or shine. We buy lunch at the market. Our favorites are the ribs or Thai food. The girls play outside on the playground: a nice play structure in the shape of a train. And, we buy Sunday dinner: usually chicken, potatoes and green beans (although sometimes we buy the ribs). We miss DC barbecue!

There is an incredible array of flower stands. I like the tulips. Elisabeth has her favorite t0o - sometimes we buy flowers and take to church for the altar. The girls love it!

The Boisfort Farmer's Market is about a 30 minute walk home to our apartment along Sovereign. One day Rich dropped me off and took the girls to a birthday party. I enjoyed strolling through the Farmer's Market and walked home. It was a beautiful autumn day.

This weekend we met friends at the Farmer's Market for lunch. A cloudy day, but the rain held off and the kids enjoyed playing on the playground. They pretended to be archaeologists digging in the ground for artifacts. They claimed to find a dinosaur and invited us over to look. They had traced the skeleton with a stick - very clever paleontologists! Overall a lovely Sunday afternoon outside.