Belgium in costumes

When coming to Tournai in Belgium in 2006 there was a carneval going on. We were surprised but just went with the flow. Here are a few photos we snapped along the way.

Unlike German parades for carneval the groups, marching bands and vehicles did not all go one after the other, but everybody cruised down town this small city on looping routes, crossing pathes with others and entertaining town. This went on for hours.

Bands placed themselves in squares, played for a bit, marched on, played somewhere else...

And the whole town seemed to be full of very individual people.

London calling

Years ago we went to London. Here are some pictures of that trip.

Vor einigen Jahren waren wir in London. Hier sind die Bilder von dieser Reise.

carrying a gun...

This poster was in a window in London we came by. I thought, this kind of social add was worthy to show.

Dieses Poster haben wir in einem Fenster in London entdeckt. Ich fand die Botschaft interessant und habe das Bild hierher mitgebracht. (Der Text lautet: "Eine Waffe zu tragen, kann Dich an die coolsten Orte bringen.")

The Window

This window was an interesting view into Gent, Belgium.

 

Belgium

We have taken several trips to Belgium. The country side and old cities offer worthy motives. No, we have not just been to cemetaries and grave yards, but the pictures I like a lot. Belgium makes me want to convert pictures to black & white a lot. Maybe that is because of the gray stone most buildings are made of and that makes the photos monochrome anyways.


Auf mehreren Reisen nach Belgien haben wir viele lohnende Motive gefunden. Nein, wir waren nicht nur auf Friedhöfen, aber ich mag diese Bilder. Belgien veranlasst mich schnell, Bilder in schwarz-weiß zu bearbeiten. Vielleicht liegt es an dem grauen Stein, der die Bilder ohnehin monochrom wirken läßt.