Dawn

@itsdawn.bsky.social

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Writer turned gamekeeper. Historian of expat chaos and bad judgement in historic Bruges. https://substack.com/@cobblesandgables

Book cover of Devotion by Hannah Kent
Window chalk protest poster saying in Flemish "We want our golden weathercock back"
Rather dour looking Victorian actors in the courtyard of an inn
Nineteenth century photograph of school boys playing a football match on a field, trees in the background
Map is "Countries that scored against Spain at the 2026 World Cup" and the whole world is red=no and only Belgium is green=yes!
An Albert Heijn bottle deposit machine and me feeding it a fair number of the wrong bottles because the Belgian machines don't like Dutch bottles and vice versa
Mincer with In Belgium we don't eat waffles we eat Americain
Outstanding chap Roger Moore, wearing plimsolls with a champagne bucket and fruit basket
Sign reads Otomat paddle in Kayak pizza pick up stop
Grace Dent captioned "I just want to be a lone for a moment with the chips"
Advertisment for "the new Boerritto" – a burrito made with boerwors
Tiny donkeys in a procession. Joy!
Poster by the Sint-Anna's neighbourhood committee calling for the return of the "Haan" i e. weather vane from the church steeple
Cutest wallpaper of Flemish row houses, black on white.
Nineteenth century window mirror device high on a first floor of a Bruges row house
Screenshot of /Brussels Reddit story about the cutest rabbit out in the snow, and the post updates explain how the bunny was rescued!
Have a Roll box of vegan cinnamon rolls
Photo from a house advertisement for a property in Bruges. The room has several rows of cinema seats and, inexplicably, a decoy Native American
Cranberry spritz! 1.5 oz Aperol, 1 oz cranberry, 1 oz sparkling water, as much cava/prosecco as you fancy. Festoon with cranberries and rosemary!
St. Bernardus Christmas ale
Lidl chips/crisps being advertised as "Maize and Potato Snacks" #BelgianCrimesAgainstEnglish
Grand lobby of the Egmont Palace