i walked the long way past madou towards mont des arts yesterday in an attempt to clear my head before cutting short towards the congres column and took a right towards parc royale. from this street you can see all the way from saint marie's church to the edge of the royal palace where the road turns sharply to the right. i realized i could now name all the tram stops all the way from louise to schaerbeek gare. i also remembered my first day in brussels when i went out to look where to buy a bike. without noticing it i had already purchased one and it was quite a dilemma how to get it home because i took the tram to an unfamiliar part of town and quite far away from where i live. fortunately, the tram lines do not go underground in this part of the city so i was able to follow the tracks home. the francois englert exhibit on the 2013 nobel prize is still on display at the park. when i reached mont des arts, the sun was only starting to set and the golden lining on the clouds are slowly turning red. the skyline here is pretty good because you're in direct view of the grote markt but the view is very limited because of the huge art museum on the left and the theatre on the right. so i decided to head a little further and took the tram to poelaert and was greeted with this stunning view of the big, red setting sun. the street performer, my fiddler on the balcony, was playing such a slow, melancholic tune i'm not familiar with but complimented the atmosphere well.
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