We didn't have much snow this year at all but during the holidays, the temperature was down in the 20's for weeks. It became very foggy one day and the next morning when we woke up everything was covered with a very think layer of frost AND it was sunny. Wow, it was really beautiful! This was taken down the street from us.
The Belgian Winter days are very short, the nights are very long and sometimes it seems that we NEVER see the sun. But to help us survive this season this year, we were honored to be invited to our neighbor's Christmas Eve dinner (also known as Le Reveillon de Noel). This might not seem like an amazing thing to an American living in the USA but for an American living in Belgium, it is absolutely amazing. The Belgians are very private people and we Americans are rarely included in such a personal situation. Here are a few pictures.
Howard with the twins. The one on the right was one of the hosts. They are both real teasers and had Howard going the entire night, playing tricks on him and teasing him in both French and in English!
Kathy and their son.
Dinner! Yum! At the beginning of the evening 70% of the people were speaking in English to us but by the end, after lots of wine, it was mostly French. At that point we sat back and just let it wash over us. It was a lovely, soulful evening. We even had a gift exchange! Below is Mike with his present- He is obviously an avid sailor!
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