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These are my beloved dogs!

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I've been so busy lately! So, what have I been up to? Mostly get all the cleaning done; even though classes have been cancelled for the past two weeks (due to severe flooding); it seems there is still quite a 'mountain' of house chores to do. Anyway, these are my four beloved dogs!!!! From left to right: Coco, Gigi, Fifi and Dodo During my two weeks holiday at home, I will usually take them out for a walk in the garden during the evening. I've never taken a picture of all of them together and one day, i decided to put them on the swing. In that way, they will all stay still! Not sure whether it can be seen in this pic, but their legs were sort of stuck in between the 'grills'. Hehe, I'm being a bit cruel here but don't worry, they were in no pain at all! At least they all received a good treat later on! =) This is the best picture I can take from them. Trying to make weird sounds or calling out their names but they all seem to ignore me. So, w

Second day: Belgium!

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Hot chocolate in one of the cafe in Brugge. I have to add the chocolate pieces into the frothy milk, interesting! In the same cafe, we bought some macaroons and some French pastry: palmiers. I prefer the palmiers. In the Christmas market in Brugge! Went window shopping here until night. After that, we continued our journey to Brussels and overnight there in a Chinese Hotel. Grand Place (Grote Markt): a beautiful old town square in Brussels! Manneken-Pis: a small, black statue of a young boy "taking a pee"! The statue is said to represent the mischievous side of the citizens of Brussels. As it was nearing Christmas, the statue is dressed! Apparently, it has different outfits for different occasions... Famous for its waffles, my brother and I had some waffles. They were really good but i still prefer the plain one (just with icing sugar). I think it was about 3-4 euros for the plain ones. Galleries Saint-Hubert: indoor shopping arcade In the aft