The B factor

It occurred to me the other day that I moved from a capital city starting with the letter B to another capital city starting with the letter B; and the common features don't seem to stop here:

a) both cities have a great geographical location and can well be the main gateway to the rest of the continent;

b) both are really international, which ends up working well for an expat;

c) both have sidewalks in extremely poor conditions - it doesn't take much to trip and/or splash water (or worse!) all over the place.

I'm also very happy with the fact that some of my Brussels and/or Belgian friends have been nice enough to put me in contact with friends of theirs, who are either living here or coming over for a visit - this has definitely taken my social life one step further!

I met Ed through Charlotte and we had a great time at local markets, including the Chatuchak Weekend Market, where we spent an evening drinking SangSom at Buckingham, and the night market in On Nut, where we had the opportunity to taste various Thai dishes. Liebrecht gave me Boom's and Mai's contact details; I met Boom for dinner the other evening and should be meeting Mai pretty soon. In the future, and thanks to Gilles and Carolina, I should also be meeting Guillaume and Ellen.

It's nice to be on the other side of the world and keep a connection with the best thing in Brussels - the people I met there. And, hopefully, it won't take long for me to see most of them in Bangkok...