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Gentse Feesten visited
Yesterday I went to the fireworks.
Yesterday was the national day in Belgium.
I started grinning when I counted 4! Belgian flags. -nearly all on offical buildings-
(In Tel Aviv I would walk on flags on a day as this.)
In PolePole all the security guys were immigrants, speaking fluently with a Gentish accent.
This is my city, the city I want to live in.
Yes, Belgium is becoming more racist, but yes, Gent is the least racist city in Flanders.
I saw scarves in Blueberry motifs. Adaptation and integration do happen.
I love my city, it is my home every time I walk it. I live it.
And the Gentse Feesten?
Well, more people than last years, everything happening perfect -a lot of police controlling the thing, which is certainly a neccessity seeing the number of people (An estimation of 40.000 people/day) and the number of alcohol being spent, with until now only 28 people ending up in hospital for some or another reason-
Tuesday the news said 'Don't go to Gent, it is full...' for the first time since the beginning of the Gentse Feesten -already more then 30 years-.
We don't mind, we have fun.
PS: Click on my Dics Cover/Discover: Das Pop. The successful group of my first boyfriend ever ;)
Posted on July 22, 2004
in Living in Belgium
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