White Christmas

All the best wishes for Christmas Eve from a very snowy Liège!

And the snow persists

More snow pics, it's everywhere...

Snowy crosses

The War Memorial on the Albert Bridge in the snow and the gloom.

Leafless Treewatch

It's Skywatch time. Go for it!

Even more Palais Provincial

A final set of photos from the Provincial Palace. These are from the main entrance hall column and ceiling decorations.

More Palais Provincial

A couple more photos of the interior of the Provincial Palace. The treats on the tables are raw carrots, radishes and cauliflower to be dipped in two different sauces (probably tartare and thousand island, straight from the supermarket).

Palais Provincial

We were invited to a reception at the Provincial Palace, which happens to be the Palace of the Bishop Princes, in honour of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Liege. It was a great opportunity to finally see what the Palace looks like from the inside. As you might expect, there's plenty of mirrors, chandeliers and gold leaf.

A whole new Opera

These are the renovation works of the Royal Walloon Opera building. Initially I thought they were just going to repair the roof or something but I was obviously wrong. I can't begin to imagine what the final building will look lie... It appears that the renovation budget is close to 27 million Euros.

Ugly building, sunset and Skywatch

One of the ugliest buildings in Liège lies on top of one of its most prominent hills. At least the sunset is pretty. More Skywatch here.

The University of Narnia

Some photos of the University of Liege campus. I don't take the car to work any more, I can get there through my wardrobe.

It's full of stars!

The ceiling of the Palais des Congrès, the Liège Congress Hall. The hall was built in the 60s and it shows but the ceiling decoration is quite impressive.

Wintery sunset

A rust-colored sky and skeletal trees. It's winter alright.

Snowy Sunday

White stuff fell from the sky all day today.

More pigeons

A different view of yesterday's pigeon love story. That's how they met.

Skywatching pigeons

Pigeons can Skywatch too!

Icy!

Here's another wintry view. Freshly caught just this morning.

First snow

Today we got the first significant snowfall of the year in Liège. Winter's officially here!

Vs Predator

Where there's Aliens, Predators are never too far behind. They came for the thrill of the hunt!

Alien...

The Aliens have landed... in Liège, in the Galeries Opera shopping centre, next to Springfield. Watch out for those chestbursters.

The Netherlands American War Cemetery

One more photo from the Netherlands American War Cemetery.

Back online

I apologise for my long absence from the blog, my laptop had broken down. The good news is that it's been repaired (for free) and that I am back online. Here's a photo of the water fountain in the Netherlands American War Cemetery and Memorial (only 30km from Liège). More watery pictures here.

First sunset in ages

This is the first sunset we saw in Liège in a long time. As you may have heard the skies over Belgium turned into an enormous power shower, flooding half of the country and causing loads of damage. Hopefully, this sunset means that it's all in the past now...

Another Flying Skywatch

Another photo of the sun setting over Europe from our flight last week. Happy Skywatch!

Reflectioneering

Another building in the Place des Guillemins.

Around the square

Some nice buildings around the Place des Guillemins.

Guillemins again

One more photo of the train station. Why not?

Guillemins

Here's another view of the Guillemins train station. I think it looks great with all weather and under all lighting conditions.

On the way back

I took these photos this evening, flying back to Liège from Manchester. Happy Skywatch!

St John and Skywatch

The church of St Jean in sunrise and Skywatch!

Cloister

The cloister of the Museum of Walloon Life, as it really is

and in the form of a scale model.

Sunrise on the Boulevard

The Boulevard de la Sauvenière at sunrise.

Lettre au Roi

The recent discussions about a possible break-up of Belgium into two or three countries is not at all new. Here's proof: a letter to the King, dated 1912, discussing the separation of Wallonia and Flanders. The letter can be seen in the Museum of Walloon Life.

St John's Skywatch

The cross of St John's church, a chimney and some puffy clouds lit up by the rising sun. Happy Skywatch!

Organ, angel and saint

Some more interesting features of the St Antoine interior.

Espace Saint Antoine 2

Photos of the stained glass of Saint Antoine.