After a night in Liege, a 1 hour train ride east of Brussels, with the kindest souls alive, my new friend Laura and her mother, I was shipped back to Brussels to a worthy contact Laura had found for me; her friend's, friend's cousin Pascal. A Young hippyish Belgian who works for the World Wildlife Foundation, met me at the train station and we ventured to his apartment in an old Belgian style neighborhood in the northern part of the city via tram to drop off my stuff. Happy to explore another city by bike Pascal lent me his extra with some sketchy brakes and we took off to try to find some of Brussels' famous fries and a good view. Post fries and a Belgian pint we found ourselves overlooking another (well for me another) lighting storm contained in heavy clouds off in the distance just as the sun was going down. Truly beautiful.
On to another location luckily with no rain and an interesting view of a newish 20 story building with only one light on, a cathedral all lit up and the Atomium, a futuristic structure builit for the 1958 world's fair designed to look like an atom, in the background. Lighting flashed periodically throughout the windy 1 hour shoot (not sure how it will record or if it will be distictly visible at all?)Spent the whole hour holding this gorgeous pink/tan old umbrella Pascal had found discarded in his hood a few weeks earlier to block most of the wind from rattling the camera. Felt like a real lady. A really cold and struggling lady...
Got one shot...
on to Paris!! Last stop!!!
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