This is the first in what is likely to become a regular feature on this blog, highlighting things that strike me as weird seen in Brussels.
Today, there are two.
The first is that my high street sings Christmas carols at everyone walking down it – this may not be unique to Brussels, but it’s the first place I’ve seen it, and I think I’d go mad if I lived on the high street, with the constant playing of Christmas carols through what appears to be a loud-speaker system attached to the outer walls of houses. Not least because they were the most depressing set of Christmassy songs ever when I was walking through it today, including such gems as Elvis Presley’s Lonely This Christmas
The second was more uplifting, but much more bizzare. A man walking his dog is normal – a man walking what looked very much like a fox on a lead, less so. (I’m willing to entertain the possibility that it was just an ugly dog, but it looked ridiculously like the fox that used to take over our garden in London…) It got weirder when he walked far enough that I could see that the man holding the lead was wearing knee high pink fluffy boots. An interesting fashion statement… I hope at least that they were warm!
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