{"id":7556,"date":"2017-02-16T21:18:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T21:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=7556"},"modified":"2017-02-17T06:57:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T06:57:44","slug":"thursday-16th-february-2017-while-you-admire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=7556","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 16th February 2017 &#8211; WHILE YOU ADMIRE &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702031.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702031.jpg\" alt=\"verbrande poort verbrandepoort leuven belgium february fevrier 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a> &#8230; the photos from my little perambulation this afternoon, I can tell you something about the events of today, because we&#8217;ve had another one of these days that has been a quite busy work-in.<\/p>\n<p>I had something of an early night again and this time I wasn&#8217;t awake all that long before dropping to sleep. And we had another session of awakening at 06:00 and then again at 06:30 before my alarm went off as usual at 07:00<\/p>\n<p>and once that had sounded, I wandered upstairs for my breakfast.<br clear=\"both\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702032.jpg\" alt=\"river dijle handbooghof city walls leuven belgium february fevrier 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>I was alone for breakfast, and just for a change just recently we had everything supplied for us. But then again, I&#8217;m in one of these moods where I&#8217;m not eating so much as I did, so it wasn&#8217;t necessarily that important as long as I had my orange juice.<\/p>\n<p>And so having dealt with those issues, I came back down here and had to crack on with some work that needed doing &#8211; and there was plenty of it to do<br clear=\"both\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702033.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702033.jpg\" alt=\"river dilje handbooghof city walls leuven belgium february fevrier 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>First task that needed doing was to pay my web domain fees, otherwise I&#8217;d risk being up a creek without a paddle. Luckily, I&#8217;d just received my new bank card and so I could crack on with that.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AND THAT REMINDS ME<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My domain and web-hosting fees are not inconsiderable, but there&#8217;s tons of exciting stuff on here and you have certainly all had your money&#8217;s worth.<\/p>\n<p>If you are happy with what you&#8217;ve been learning and reading on here, don&#8217;t forget to make your next <strong>Amazon<\/strong> purchase by using the links on the sidebar on the right. It costs you nothing extra of course, but I earn a small commission which helps defray my expenses.<\/p>\n<p>You can also<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>comment on the entry<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;like&#8221; (or &#8220;dislike&#8221;) it<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;share&#8221; it on your social network<\/li>\n<li>click on whether you think this entry is interesting, useful, boring etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702034.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702034.jpg\" alt=\"river dijle handbooghof leuven belgium february fevrier 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>Having dealt with the issues surrounding my domain, the next step was to make a couple more appointments for people whom I need to see here in Leuven before I head off back into the sunset or whatever.<\/p>\n<p>I have some hospital fees to pay, and I&#8217;ll be needing a letter from the hospital in respect of my future treatment and so on, something that I can hand to my medical insurance people. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m seeing the insurance folk tomorrow and they&#8217;ll tell me precisely what is required, and so I made an appointment for Monday with Kaatje at the Social Services section of the hospital.<br clear=\"both\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702035.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702035.jpg\" alt=\"apartments river dijle handbooghof leuven belgium february fevrier 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>She&#8217;ll have all of the bills ready for me, and if I tell her what the insurance people want, she can have the letter ready for me when I go back there for my final appointment.<\/p>\n<p>And then the trick cyclist has been on and on about seeing me again as you know. So I contacted her and told her when I plan to leave the hospital, and she&#8217;s arranged an appointment with me on that day so that she can tell me what the score is.<br clear=\"both\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702036.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702036.jpg\" alt=\"apartments river dijle handbooghof leuven belgium february fevrier 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>All that remained after that was some kind of long-distance business.<\/p>\n<p>You know that my credit card expired a while ago, which was rather inconvenient because I have a standing order from that account to pay for my little storage unit in Montreal where I keep my camping gear. <a href=\"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?p=6929\">When I was in Montreal back in early September<\/a> I went round there and paid them off a lump sum to get ahead while I sorted something out.<\/p>\n<p>My lump sum has now expired and so I needed to set up a new payment regime. I was expecting this to be quite complicated, but nothing of the sort, especially as they have set up some kind of on-line accounting service.<\/p>\n<p>I mailed them for a password, they sent it (and I changed it to the standard one that I use), I set up an account, and that was that. <br clear=\"both\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702037.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702037.jpg\" alt=\"river dijle leuven belgium february fevrier 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>I&#8217;ve run out of tomatoes, and seeing as I&#8217;m going to be away tomorrow and Saturday, and I&#8217;m out on Sunday too, no point in buying foodstuffs that I&#8217;ll only need once before Monday.<\/p>\n<p>I had most of a <em>baguette<\/em> left over from yesterday too, and when <a href=\"https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/?cat=8007\">I was shopping in the LeClerc in Sedan in November<\/a>, I&#8217;d bought half a dozen packet soups.<\/p>\n<p>This seemed like the right kind of occasion to make myself some packet tomato soup for lunch, and I mopped it up with my <em>baguette<\/em>. Just the job!<br clear=\"both\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702038.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702038.jpg\" alt=\"river dijle leuven belgium february fevrier 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>It was a really beautiful afternoon today once more, and as I hadn&#8217;t any fruit, I decided to go out to the fruit shop for a pear and apple, and then walk down the Handbooghof along the river Dijle by what remains of the city walls and then back here through the alleys.<\/p>\n<p>My time in Leuven is (hopefully) coming to an end, and I&#8217;ve been very lax with my photographs of places where I&#8217;ve been. I need to bring the record up-to-date.<\/p>\n<p>If things go according to plan, I&#8217;ll only be back here from day to day. I&#8217;ll come in on the train, spent the night before and the night after my check-ups in the IBIS Budget by the station, and then go back again.<br clear=\"both\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702039.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702039.jpg\" alt=\"verbrande poort verbrandepoort leuven belgium february fevrier 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>But of course, as we all know, it won&#8217;t work out like this. It never does!<\/p>\n<p>Back here, I made myself a coffee and then I crashed out for half an hour, really tired. The walk had taken quite a bit out of me and I can&#8217;t do much about that right now.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m going to have to do much better than this. And quickly too. I have plans for the very near future as you know, and I need to be right on form.<br clear=\"both\"><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702040.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.erichall.eu\/images\/1702\/1702040.jpg\" alt=\"apartments verbrande poort verbrandepoort leuven belgium february fevrier 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\"\/><\/a>This evening I had a shower, a shave and some clean clothes, including one of my new pairs of trousers. I have to go out tomorrow so I need to be looking my very best.<\/p>\n<p>And while I was under there, I washed the pair of trousers that I had been wearing. I have to keep on top of things like that these days, otherwise I&#8217;d run out like I did the other day.<\/p>\n<p>Following all of that, I went for tea. More of the tomato and kidney bean stuff with pasta and, of course, olives. All followed by pineapple slices and the vegan sorbet. And as I have said before, the kidney-bean whatsit tastes even better the longer it all stews.<br clear=\"both\"><\/p>\n<p>So now it&#8217;s a good early night as I&#8217;m on the road all day tomorrow. I need to be at my best.<\/p>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-7556 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='7556' data-nonce='a500ea46ca' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-7556 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-7556 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='7556' data-nonce='a500ea46ca' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/lesguis.com\/wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-7556 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-7556 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; the photos from my little perambulation this afternoon, I can tell you something about the events of today, because we&#8217;ve had another one of these days that has been a quite busy work-in. I had something of an early night again and this time I wasn&#8217;t awake all that long before dropping to sleep. 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