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Mistra: a medieval ghost town in southern Greece {Gadling}
Feb 11th 2012 3:22AM Anyone who wants to understand Mistra or the history of the Peloponnese during the Late Byzantine era should read Lost Capital of Byzantium by the famous British historian Steven Runciman. Runciman first visited Mistra in the 1930s and made a study of it for the rest of his life. In his wonderfully written book, he discusses the decline and fall of this last outpost of Rome, as well as other subjects such as the sieges of the great castle of Acrocorinth, and the rise of modern Sparta. He treats his subject with deep knowledge and an obvious love.
The perils of solo travel, or, how to sexually harass someone without even trying {Gadling}
Jan 7th 2012 5:00PM Tony, Tony, Tony,
An Internet fantasy life is no substitute for a real life. Putting half the human race below you only shows your insecurity. Clean out your head and learn some grammar and spelling. And please, don't expect anyone to believe your stories of sexual prowess. You can rest assured nobody does.
The perils of solo travel, or, how to sexually harass someone without even trying {Gadling}
Jan 7th 2012 7:45AM Tony,
Why do I get the feeling that you're an unattractive loner with a giant collection of porn?
The perils of solo travel, or, how to sexually harass someone without even trying {Gadling}
Jan 6th 2012 7:55AM Yes, I think they were tourists too. Antwerp gets lots of visitors from Francophone Belgium and France.
I wasn't wearing a dead pig, but perhaps my Superman footie jammies attracted their attention?
Bad marketing: don't use a horse to advertise a butcher shop {Gadling}
Nov 25th 2011 2:11AM Well, my Castilian wife and I have never seen it. Food can be very regional in Spain. That's one of the great things about cuisine here. Maybe the Catalans have it a lot. Neither of us have spent much time in Catalonia.
Bad marketing: don't use a horse to advertise a butcher shop {Gadling}
Nov 25th 2011 2:08AM I don't mean to be harsh but his is just ignorant reading.
Just because a butcher shop is called "Equino" doesn't mean it sells horse meat. There's another butcher shop in my barrio called "Carniceria montañes" and they don't sell mountains.
And how could I walk into the shop when it's gone out of business?
Come on now. Seriously.
Bad marketing: don't use a horse to advertise a butcher shop {Gadling}
Nov 24th 2011 12:00PM I don't think it's popular here in Spain. I never saw it for sale in the six years I lived part-time in Madrid. My Spanish wife has never seen it for sale either. In what countries is it popular?
How is the consistency compared with beef? I would suppose it's gamier.
Hagelslag: Belgian chocolate for breakfast {Gadling}
Nov 11th 2011 1:45AM Sharp eye! Yes, it's a stock photo. I bought a Belgian brand, but my wife put the hagelslag in a jar and threw out the box before I had a chance to take a pic.
Antwerp: Belgium's historic and modern port {Gadling}
Nov 6th 2011 2:43AM And a couple more. . .
Willem Elsschot
Heinemann Londen Three Novels: Soft Soap / The Leg / Will o' the Wisp.
In 2002 Cheese published by Granta Publications. Narrated at BBC Radio 4 and BBC Worldservice.
For English readers and fans of history-Rubens:
Master of Shadows, by Mark Lamster American author
http://blog.marklamster.com/?page_id=770
The true story of the world’s most famous painter, who lived a double life as a secret agent and covert political operative. Published in the United States by Nan A. Talese/Doubleday and in Dutch as De meester van de schaduw by De Bezige Bij.
And do mention the greatest Flemish /Antwerp poet ever: Paul van Ostaijen !
http://www.poetryinternational.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=6636
Antwerp: Belgium's historic and modern port {Gadling}
Nov 6th 2011 2:42AM A reader was kind enough to email me about some great Flemish writers. I've pasted his email below.
Go to FNAC shop at Groenplaats and you might find English translations of some Flemish authors e.g. :
Tom Lanoye
Awardwinning Antwerp based writer
novels, theatre plays etc currently a trilogy has been filmed and currently on national VRT 1 channel on Sunday evenings “Het Goddelijke Monster” , The Devine Monster)
http://www.lanoye.be/tom/translations
Hugo Claus
http://www.clauscentrum.be/main.aspx?c=*CLAUS&n=24725
Hugo Claus (Bruges, April 5th, 1929 - Antwerp, March 19th, 2008) is Belgium's best known contemporary writer and one of the most important and productive post-war artists. He started publishing as a poet shortly after World War II. In more than half a century, he created an oeuvre of more than 150 monograph publications, that mainly consist of poems, stories, novels and plays. More than a hundred translations of parts of his work in over twenty languages have been made.
