Cool playground at Wolvendael

This playground is not too far from our house, you can walk there (10 min) although we tend to drive there because it's a bit of a hike, and the kids are usually a little tired on the way back. When it's nice we take a picnic or have lunch at the terrace in the park on the week ends: it's a lovely Louis XV pavillion in the woods, I love this place! My art is also in the park, it's a beautiful setting!

Le Pain Quotidien

Le pain quotidien is a bakery and a café where we get our bread (it's big loaf of brown or white bread, you can purchase the whole loaf, half or a quarter) We usually get a quarter, and have it sliced. There are lots of different kinds, we get the brown organic one " Un quart de seigle tranché". On the week end we get a "brioche", some croissants, and a baguette (bio, ie organic).

It's also a great place to have a light lunch (sandwiches called "tartines" or salads) and sometimes we get it to take away. It's easy with kids, my kids like it a lot because they can eat with their hands... it's a bit like the Belgian version of fast food!! There is always a big common table, and lots of smaller tables for two or four. People might strike up a conversation at the big table, it's very informal.

There are several Pain Quotidien all over Brussels, one is close to our house. You can check out their website at http://www.painquotidien.com/

Oh my! I just found out there's a pain quotidien in Los Angeles!

Natural history museum on a rainy day...

Well if you love dinosaures, this is the place to go on a rainy day...the dinosaure gallery has just been renovated, it's beautiful. I thought it was really good for younger kids like ours, simple and fun yet interesting. They have an "excavation area" where you can play at being a paleontologist, but I think you might have to book in advance. It was closed when we went, but I know some people who didn't book and had access to it when they visited the museum.

Here's the link to their webiste: http://www.sciencesnaturelles.be/

La Cambre on Sunday

One of the things we love to do on sunday (saturday and sunday in the summer) is to walk around or cycle and roller blade around La Cambre, the woods in the middle of the city. They are closed to traffic on the wk end, we load our car with our bikes and park nearby, it's great fun!!
Afterwards we always stop to picnic or have on the ice cream by the lake!







Voici un petit aperçu d'un week end ensoleillé à BXL ..le bois de la Cambre, en pleine ville, est fermé à la circulation et nous allons faire du vélo et du roller blade en famille...Maxime à un nouveau petit vélo sans pédale, et Thomas commence à faire du vélo sans petites roues, comme un grand! Camille est une pro, elle essaie de lacher son guidons, toujours aussi acrobatique!! Après l'effort, le réconfort..nous faisons un petit picnic ou mangeons une glace au bord de l'étang!