Well, I’m currently abroad getting to know my boyfriend, Dries’ extended family in beautiful, (oddly) sunny Belgium. Everyone who’d been to that region of the world had been preparing me for some dreary, rainy disaster of a holiday, but so far it’s actually been great. The weather has been unusually warm and dry since we arrived earlier this week (knock on wood), and we’ve actually managed to do a lot of sight-seeing in Leuven, Brugge (Bruges) and Oostende. Both the cities and the countryside that I’ve seen so far have been beautiful, although, there is discouragingly little of the latter.

I’m feeling very inspired by this whole experience and have been sketching a lot the past few days. Dries and I have also been taking loads of pictures, and I’m sure that I will turn at least one or two of them into paintings/drawings once I get home and have access to more extensive art supplies. Pictures to be posted soon, artwork once I get back home to my scanner. Until then, on to Norway and England!

Date posted: July 3, 2009