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How do the blind eat?
Yesterday thanks to Zabine, I went to a dinner in the Vooruit.
'Blindelings' was a dinner where you eat in complete darkness. Your guided by the blind waiters/waitresses who bring you dinner and wine.
It is an amazing experience, and inbetween the dinners you get the chance to talk with your guide, or listen to a concert.
I have to say I was extremely tired, and drunk already too much wine before dinner. So after 2 hours it certainly was enough (it is actually very tiring to concentrate and eat dinner without seeing anything)
Especially the concerts lasted too long for me.
But it was fabulous to do, and interesting to talk without borders (remember you don't see anybody), ask rthe questions you always wanted to ask a blind person but never dared to do so.
All of us where curious to see how things would look if the lights went on. I am pretty sure people just didn't bother and in the difficulties of eating, it must have been a nice view...
And I am sure some sneaky stuff happened over there... (When being in these circumstance, I am convinced touching gets a whole different meaning...)
The show is fully booked. But when we arrived, it appeared some of the tables were booked by companies, and a lot of those people didn't show up...
So if you are interested: don't hesitate to go over and try to get in anyway.
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Posted on September 22, 2006
in Living in Israel
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Glad to hear you enjoyed 'Blindelings', Ine ;) This event, hosted by the 'Vooruit' in Ghent, has been put together by 'Blindenzorg Licht en Liefde', a social profit organization for the blind. I happen to work for this organization.
We've been 'wowed' by the overwhelming success, the press attention and all the great feedback of the participants.
Missed it? You can get a second chance at 'De week van de smaak' ('The week of taste') in november: http://www.weekvandesmaak.be/
There's also a weblog (it's more a diary really) that one of the blind waitresses maintains during the event. It's located at ttp://www.blindenzorglichtenliefde.be/FVV/dagboek.html. It's very entertaning to read!
Posted by Roel | September 22, 2006 12:33 PMOops. The correct url for this diary is: http://www.blindenzorglichtenliefde.be/FVV/dagboek.html
Posted by Roel | September 22, 2006 12:35 PMill be not comport if my eyes close while eating i could not well but show maybe..... ill try it.... so excite....lol..
Posted by Mosaic | April 17, 2007 5:54 AM