July 2021. A week after my Eindhoven escapade featuring the DAF Museum and a night at Hotel Mariënhage, I travelled to Utrecht for a culinary weekend with Steve. At that time, the Netherlands were very liberal concerning coronavirus countermeasures. That was both concerning and liberating at the time.
Category: Experience
Leuven nominated for European Best Destination
Leuven (or Louvain) is the only place in Belgium nominated for the ‘European Best Destination‘ poll.
Antwerp’s renewed Scheldt Quays at Loodswezen to get World War II victims memorial
Antwerp‘s real estate and urban development agency AG Vespa has appointed a design team for the Loodswezensite at the Scheldt Quays, near ‘t Eilandje and the Museum Aan de Stroom (Museum At the Stream, MAS). An eyecatcher wil be a Wall of Names, a memorial for victims of World War II.
ANTWERP | Rubens House to close on 9 January 2023 and reopen in 2027
The planned redevelopment of the Rubens House in Antwerp – with a new reception building in Hopland and a newly laid out garden – has now been expanded to include a refurbishment of the museum itself.
Open Call for contributors for Antwerp Queer Arts Festival 2022
The Antwerp Queer Arts Festival (AQAF) is looking for contributors in all art and activist forms for this annual queer activist event in Antwerp. These contributions can be artistic, activistic or academic.
DAF Museum in Eindhoven
In July 2021, I met up with the Flavourez crew for the first time. Flavourez is a new Dutch and Flemish gay lifestyle platform. Founder Luuk hosted a birthday party / crew meet-up in Eindhoven in the Netherlands. So I booked a room at Hotel Mariënhage in the centre of town.
REVIEW | Restauracja Ritz in Gdańsk
Autumn 2021. In theory we could travel to other continents, but destinations we had in mind such as Japan or the United Kingdom were impossible to plan ahead. Instead we organised a rail trip to Eastern Europe, travelling to Berlin, Gdańsk, Wrocław, Karlovy Vary, Pilsen, Bratislava, Poprad, Vienna, Linz and Salzburg. By travelling to Germany,…
JAPAN 2013 | Hakone Yumoto – Lake Ashi – Owakudani
October 2021. In our Grand Scheme of Travels, Danny and I had planned to be in Japan with Michel. Quod non. So let’s go back to March and April 2013, when my sister Florence, her husband Kenneth, my nephew Leo and my niece Isaline travelled to Tokyo, Hakone and Kyoto. The classic intro to Nippon…
COVID-19 and Anti-LGBTQI initiatives make queer life harder in Europe
A survey of LGBTQI organisations across Europe and Central Asia finds they face significant challenges in the face of growing anti-LGBTQI forces, and the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. ILGA-Europe conducted a survey with LGBTI organisations across the continent.
REVIEW | Restaurant 273 in Utrecht
July 2021. A week after my Eindhoven escapade featuring the DAF Museum and a night at Hotel Mariënhage, I travelled to Utrecht for a culinary weekend with Steve. At that time, the Netherlands were very liberal concerning coronavirus countermeasures. That was both concerning and liberating at the time.
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