{"id":1460,"date":"2016-10-31T20:07:03","date_gmt":"2016-10-31T19:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cpetit.be\/1\/?p=1460"},"modified":"2017-02-25T20:31:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-25T19:31:21","slug":"dear-santa-claus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cpetit.be\/1\/?p=1460","title":{"rendered":"Dear Santa Claus…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Santa Claus,<\/span>
\nLike every year, it is time to look backward and make some assessment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cher Saint Nicolas,<\/span>
\n Comme chaque ann\u00e9e, il est temps de jeter un oeil sur le chemin parcouru.<\/span><\/p>\n

One year ago<\/strong>, I came back from Poland and started to work at Puratos Company. To thanks my fidelity, Randstad (my interim agency) offered me two places to watch the movie \u201cinferno<\/a>\u201d on November 17. I proposed to my flat mates to join and C\u00e9line accepted. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

Il y a un an<\/strong>, je revenais de Pologne et commen\u00e7ais \u00e0 travailler chez Puratos. Pour r\u00e9compenser ma fid\u00e9lit\u00e9, Randstad (mon agence d’int\u00e9rim) m’a offert deux places pour aller voir le film \u00ab\u00a0Inferno\u00a0\u00bb le 17 novembre. J’ai propos\u00e9 \u00e0 mes colocs de m’accompagner et C\u00e9line a accept\u00e9 de se joindre \u00e0 moi. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

Six months ago<\/strong>, I started to live in Berchem Sainte-Agathe. There, I could welcome some friends. Fanny (see previous episode) and then Adrian. He had never been in Belgium before, and I was anxious about what to show him. Belgium is a small country, but there is so many thinks to see. On Thursday evening we have been visiting the Grand Place of Brussel, and he saw Mannekenpis. (Speaking about this statue, my armenian colleague wanted to introduce it to a friend of her but due to Halloween, Manneken was disguised into a ghost and had a sheet recovering him. Therefore they could not see the statue ^^) Adrian could also discovered the \u201cGaufres de Li\u00e8ge\u201d with chocolate, and he agreed those are the best he has ever taste. \ud83d\ude42 We have been in the citadelle of Namur during the Wallo festivity, where I could met Christina, a Romanian friend of him who lives there. We also visited Tournai and Antwerp, he could taste some belgian beers and finally, we have been visiting the Atomium and walking around mini Europe ;-). Those was great days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Il y a six mois<\/strong>, j’emm\u00e9nageais \u00e0 Berchem Sainte Agathe. Et d\u00e8s lors, je pus inviter\u00a0quelques amis. D’abord Fanny (voir \u00e9pisode pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent) puis Adrian. Il n’avait jamais mis les pieds en Belgique auparavant et\u00a0je me demandais vraiment quel genre d’activit\u00e9 lui proposer. La Belgique est, certes, un petit pays mais il y a tant de choses \u00e0 y d\u00e9couvrir. Le jeudi soir, nous nous sommes rendus sur la Grand Place de Bruxelles et je lui ai pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 Manneken pis. (\u00c0 ce propos, ma coll\u00e8gue arm\u00e9nienne a voulu montrer le manneken pis \u00e0 son ami r\u00e9cemment, mais celui -ci \u00e9tait cach\u00e9 sous un drap blanc, d\u00e9guis\u00e9 en fant\u00f4me \u00e0 l’occasion d’Halloween ^^) Adrian put \u00e9galement d\u00e9couvrir les gaufres de Li\u00e8ge, et est bien\u00a0d’avis que ce sont les meilleures qu’il n’ait jamais go\u00fbt\u00e9. \ud83d\ude42 Le lendemain, nous sommes all\u00e9s \u00e0 la Citadelle de Namur pendant les f\u00eates de Wallonie et il m’a pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 son amie Chrisitina, qui est comme lui originaire de Roumanie. Le samedi, nous avons visit\u00e9 Tournai et Anvers, et le dimanche, nous avons fait un mini tour d’Europe, en passant par l’Atomium.\u00a0J’ai pass\u00e9 de bons moments.<\/span><\/p>\n