Try out

Try out for the pupils of Agnès Tamignaux in Visé (Liège). It was nice to see Ester and the other nice and talentuous other people.
I realised how much work is left to be really ready for the concert of Wednesday. I shall work hard these two next days.

Au clair de la lune

10:30PM and still 22°C after a very hot day (up to 29°C). Belgium seams suddently have become a tropical country. We stayed outside after the dinner, contemplating the moon through the telescope. I took this picture with the 400mm tele, lightly under-exposed to gain one speed. Did you also see the moon at this same moment?
We went this evening to the travel office to fix our travel to Mexico this summer. It will be hot there too.
I will spend this weekend to practice to music pieces I will play in concert Sunday and Wednesday.

Douce France

Salies du Salat, France.
Today, I have been in a little village in the South of France, near Toulouse. Because I was there for work, I had no time to visit more than the center, but it was enough to enjoy the beauty of the place and the kindliness of the people.
I was able to see my dear Pyrenean Mountains on the horizon and I swear I heard them calling me.

Time to choose a new president

Election of the French President. First round today.

Polling stations are organised for french people living abroad. Elise and I went today in Antwerp to vote in the French School.

30% of the people were still undecided until yesterday. We are curious to see which two candidate from the 12 will fight for the second round on May 6th.

Election présidentielles françaises. Premier tour aujourd'hui.

Des bureaux de vote sont installés à l'étranger pour les expatriés. Elise et moi nous sommes rendus au Lycée Français d'Anvers.

Long time ago

This document is even old as me. It's my birth announcement!

Road

Mist this morning on the road in Flanders. It's the best moment to ride through this land. No sight at all is always beter than what you see with clear weather.

Salomé & Hugues

Marriage of Salomé and Hugues in Liège yesterday. It was nice to be there and to take 734 pictures. I selected this one.

Spring

At last spring in Belgium! Outside temperature 17,4°C.
The Japonese cherry tree is in blossom as you can see on this picture captured by our webcam few minutes ago. The snapshots are uploaded every 5 minutes (when on line) at the webpage: http://www.chorda.be/webcam
Let me know if you see something moving!

la terrasse

Lundi de Pâques. 18°C, beau soleil.
Déjeuner sur notre mini-terrasse.

Réunion de famille, suite

Et oui voilà Willow !
Je viens de rentrer à la maison. Le PC est en train de digérer héroïquement les 516 photos prises durant mon séjour à Angers, Nantes et la Roche-sur-Yon. Je prépare une sélection ce soir ou demain. Encore merci à tous pour votre gentillesse et vos sourires. Quelle chouette famille tout de même !
Grosses bises
P'tit Jean

Réunion de famille

Je fais un album complet dès mon retour en Belgique. Je vous offre déjà ce portrait de Yaël.

Jazz

Jazz pianist playing for his own in a back room of the LU factory in Nantes (France). Wonderfull hands with long fingers flying above the keyboard.

Vins d'Anjou

Dégustation de vin d'Anjou. Nous repartons avec une vingtaine de bouteilles, Gamay et Cabernet pour le rouge et Coteaux du Layon pour le blanc.

Minette

My little sister Françoise with daddy.
Ma petite soeur Françoise avec Papa.

Au bout du monde

Angers, France.
"Promenade du Bout du Monde" près du chateau avec Papa et Maman. Vue sur la Maine et les quartiers de le Doutre

Paris

Un weekend à Paris avec mon ami Renzo. Les quais de Seine étaient noirs de monde par cette belle journée de printemps. Vue sur les bouquinistes avec en arrière plan l'Ile de la Cité.

Concert in Mortsel

Cela rafraîchit la vanité de se retrouver perdu au milieu d'une trentaine de musiciens pour apporter sa modeste contribution à un bruit collectif. Ma première expérience du genre. Un moment agréable venant clôturer des semaines de travail intensif. Je prends une semaine de vacances à partir de ce soir. Oh Let Me Weep (Purcell) va encore bien longtemps me trotter dans la tête.

Brussels

Daybreak in Brussels. Nice weather is mostly paired with smog.
Lever du jour sur Bruxelles. Le temps magnifique de ces derniers jours provoque l'accumulation de la pollution au niveau du sol (smog). Pas très sain mais bien joli sur les photos.

My salary

My salary for repairing the PC of Mieke & Tine: "...Coupon for a kiss an a free meal. (...)Valid until 25/03/3012". I will not wait until the last moment.

Amsterdam

Vue depuis la chambre d'hôtel.