Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Today is Belgium's national holiday. On Juli 21, 1831, King Leopold I was introduced and Belgium was, so to speak, officially opened. There wil be the usual parade in Brussels this afternoon, with King Albert II, the armed forces, and the popuation, and there'll be la drache nationale, the

Re: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
Happy Birthday, Belgium! On 7/21/2010 2:44 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Today is Belgium's national holiday. On Juli 21, 1831, King Leopold I was introduced and Belgium was, so to speak, officially opened. There wil be the usual parade in Brussels this afternoon, with King Albert II, the

RE: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
Good old Leopold! If it hadn't been for him we would never have seen Apocalypse Now! There were Belgae living in Britain even before Caesar came here. They were friends with the Parisii. Caesar said the Belgae were the bravest of all the Galic tribes because they were complete strangers to

Re: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 7/21/2010 3:18 PM, Bob W wrote: Good old Leopold! If it hadn't been for him we would never have seen Apocalypse Now! There were Belgae living in Britain even before Caesar came here. They were friends with the Parisii. Caesar said the Belgae were the bravest of all the Galic tribes because

Re: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: And where would we be without lambic, gueuze, Jacques Brel and Poirot? Not to forget Tintin, Lucky Luke, Toots Thielemans, the Brothers Dardenne, and surrealism. A whole lot of great things and people for a rather small country. :-) Ralf -- Ralf R.

Re: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Richard D Bush
Love listening to Toots Thielemans and I'm a woodwind player. RB On Jul 21, 2010, at 7:10 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: And where would we be without lambic, gueuze, Jacques Brel and Poirot? Not to forget Tintin, Lucky Luke, Toots Thielemans, the Brothers

RE: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
And where would we be without lambic, gueuze, Jacques Brel and Poirot? Not to forget Tintin, Lucky Luke, Toots Thielemans, the Brothers Dardenne, and surrealism. A whole lot of great things and people for a rather small country. :-) Ralf Belgium is like a branch office of Hungary.

RE: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Bob W
And where would we be without lambic, gueuze, Jacques Brel and Poirot? B You're forgetting Belgian Fries :-). English invention! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Belgium is like a branch office of Hungary. I'd always take Thielemans and surrealism over Czardas and a ballpoint pen. ;-) Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :

Re: Happy 21st of Juli, Belgium!

2010-07-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Today is Belgium's national holiday. On Juli 21, 1831, King Leopold I was introduced and Belgium was, so to speak, officially opened. The pub across the road from me specializes in Belgian beers and they're having a celebration in which everyone who buys a Duvel gets