French, English, Spanish, Italian, Bulgarian…One of the things I have always loved about Brussels is its multilingualism. Wherever you are in the city, languages reach you with their melody and mix in a beautiful polyphony. The eternal music of Brussels, our contemporary Babylon. The main difference however is that, hey, we do speak foreign languages … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Luis Augusto Quimper: My private Brussels is a permanent internal conflict
“I come from Piura, a town that used to be small in the north coast of Peru. A very warm and sunny place in the middle of the desert, where seasons go almost unnoticed and the days have the same length all year around. I went to a Jesuits school and then studied applied economic … Continue reading
The eternal Café Belga
I meet a writer friend at Café Belga on Wednesday night. It is around 10 pm but the café is busy. Taking advantage of the “March summer”, as some of the quickest marketing professionals called their latest parties, many people are sitting outside. The air is a bit chilly for me and we find a table … Continue reading