Last Skywatch of 2011

Here's my contribution to the year's last Skywatch. The Mont Saint Martin with sun and clouds.

Saint Martin in the sunset

One more photo of St Martin, complete with sunset-induced reflection.

Belated...

Merry belated Christmas!

Galeries Saint Lambert

The Galeries Saint Lambert shopping centre seen from the Place Saint Lambert. Including the silhouette of the post-modern christmas tree.

Floral Tributes

Floral tributes in the Place Saint Lambert.

Life goes on

After Tuesday's horrible events, Place Saint Lambert is nearly back to normal. Life goes on.

Demo again

Another couple of photos from Wednesday's demo. Front and rear!

Skywatch time

It's Friday! It's Skywatch!!!

The aftermath

This is what happened as soon as yesterday's demonstration finished. The skies opened up and water and hailstones and weather-related mayhem rained upon the empty city streets.

Solidarity

Photos from today's demonstration protesting against Arcelor Mittal's decision to shut down part of the steel production in Liège.

Saint Hubert

A statue of Saint Hubert from the Saint Jacques church.

B52

One of the buildings of the Faculty of Applied Sciences of the University of Liège reflecting the sunset.

Deep twilight

Darkening dusk, crepuscular afterlight, dimming eventide, late nightfall.

Liège in the 11th century

Back in September I posted some photos of a model of Liège in 1730. Here's another model, this time of Liège in the 11th century. It is on exhibit in the Archeoforum, the archeological site under the Place Saint Lambert. Evidently the city progressed quite a bit between the 11th and 18th centuries!

Sunrise and Duchene

If you want to see photos of sunrises without Duchene, visit the Skywatch blog.

It's Christmas!!!!

First kitten-unrelated post this week. It's mid November but the Christmas lights are up, the Christmas market is being built and the christmas Ferris Wheel is ready.

Happy ending

Well, the kitten story has a happy ending. They all found new homes! We placed an avert on chiens-chat.be and we were inundated by emails. Here's a couple of photos of the last kitten just before her new mom came to collect her.

Kitty update

The four kittens we found on Sunday are still staying with us. They're in much better shape and are growing amazingly fast. We're trying to find homes for them.

Cuteness overload

We found these four little bundles of joy abandoned in a cardboard box on the street. It's 4 degrees Celsius out there, we couldn't leave them. They're in our bathtub now, wrapped up in blankets and sleeping blissfully. Tomorrow we'll take them to the vet and then the refuge.

So the sun did rise today

Despite all the prophecies of doom for this 11/11/11, the sun rose normally. Enjoy more sunrises and sunsets on the Skywatch blog. At least until December 21 2012.

Kennedy Tower

The fifth tallest residential building in Belgium, second tallest in Liège. It's sooooo 70s.

Upside down and round and round

One of the rides available at the October fair.

Liège from above

Another panoramic view of Liège, from atop the Ferris wheel.

Fiery sunrisewatch

A fiery sunrise over Liège city centre. Happy Skywatch!

St Jean Népomucène

The statue of St John of Nepomuk from the church of St Denis.

Sunrise crane and church

A new day dawns over Liège.

Happy Halloween!

Our spooky Jack-o'-lantern wishes you a Happy Halloween. This also happens to be my 13th post this month. How scary is that?

Hôpital militaire Saint Laurent

A view of the St Laurent military hospital from the top of the Ferris wheel. The building used to be a Benedictine Abbey, founded in 1026. It was abandoned by the monks after the French revolution and became a military complex for the French, Dutch and finally Belgian armies.

Up in the air

Two views of Liège from the top of the Ferris wheel.

Ferris wheel

Two views of the Ferris wheel, as we were going up. The sky was perfectly blue.

Lacquements

Yesterday I wrote about lacquements, the local specialty that is very much on offer during the October Fair. Here are a couple of pictures of a lacquement. Notice the copious amounts of syrup covering them.

Foire d'Octobre

A couple of views of the October Fair, seen from the top of the Ferris wheel. I love the fair, it's crowded and noisy but it's great fun. What's more, there's plenty of food and snacks on offer, including the lacquement, a local waffle variant that is totally sinful and exquisitely decadent.