Mosquito netting

Rachel is nagging us to offer you something new, so I'll tell you about the most exciting thing going these days: mosquito netting. With our four weeks of absolutely gorgeous weather have come the buzzing insects, so much so that we've opted to sleep with our portes-fenetres (French doors) and all the other windows closed the last couple nights. We managed to get to a hardware store this afternoon to buy screening and velcro; now we just have to figure out how to put it up and still get the windows and doors open. (All the windows and doors open in, and some of the windows swivel, so it's not just a matter of putting the screening on the outside).

Last Saturday we felt like real grownups: we took the train up to Brussels in the late afternoon to meet up with the younger brother of one of Becky's former soccer teammates, who was on a study trip to Brussels. I took advantage of the opportunty to go to the FNAC (bookstore) and buy a bunch of polars (mysteries) while David enjoyed a few beers down on the Grand' Place. Having gotten used to Mons, I was a little overwhelmed by the crowds on the rue Neuve (the main pedestrian shopping street in Brussels) - and by the price of beer on the Grand' Place. Made little ole Mons look good. We took a 10:00 PM train home and were exhausted the next day from staying out so late. We are old.