What have we been up to? (22-4 un till 13-5 of the year 2007)

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Other

There is usually something fun to do here every weekend! There's exhibits, processions, festivals and all kinds of other special days to celebrate. And with all this fun I didn't have time to write it all down yet so here's a list of things we've done. Some of these will return next year so you can enjoy them then ;-)

Sunday april the 22th: Heritage Day (erfgoeddag)
Always a lot of fun because you can visit many places which aren't open on other days. There's usually several special exhibits, tours, etc too. And I love heritage! Well, that is one of the main reasons I like working in an archive ;-)

Tuesday may the 1st: Photography Museum Antwerp
A great way to celebrate Labour Day: visit a museum! It is open anyway and it's pretty boring for the people that have to work there if no-one shows up (trust me! it is extremely boring to work in a museum with no visitors all day!).

So what were the exhibits today?
- portrait-photo's of Belgian comic artists
- photo's made by Belgian king Leopold III (he went to many interesting places!)
- photo's from their collection (many nice new ones!)
- Albert Watson (see pic + http://www.albertwatson.net/)
- Reuters-State of the World (impressive pictures)
- Behind the Lens-Getty Images (three very different photographers)
All of these exhibits have ended by now but you can still enjoy some of the pictures on the site of the museum, in books and on the sites of the artists/press agencies.

Tuesday may the 1st: a short trip to the Zoo
We still had to see the night animals because we didn't have time for them last time we went. And they were great!! Many bats! And cute armadillo's and sleeping aardvarks. Having a season ticket for the zoo is just perfect!

Saturday may the 12th: Rock Houtem
Local festival in the city where Mark works. It's still small but it's fun and of course not very expensive. See: http://www.rockhoutem.be/html/news.html
There's some pics in an album from the Triggerfinger show (which was great btw).

Sunday may the 13th: Hanswijk Procession
Well, we cannot miss the procession that takes place in our 'backyard' right? We didn't see everything this year but it was nice again. And very luckily for them it was sunny and dry the whole procession!