Top 5 downtown bars from our youth still in operation (pre Covid)
For many of us, our social skills were honed on a (frequently rainy) Friday or Saturday night as we bar-hopped around the city. The destination bars had to meet one […]
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Tis the season – Gibier!
It’s no secret that Belgian cuisine is exceptional by any standard. My parents were foodies before that was even a term and moving to Brussels became an amusement park for […]
Brussels bans prostitution again in bid to curb Covid-19 infection rate
[An International education takes many forms. As an 8th grade transplant, one of the multitude of differences I discovered between my hometown in the States vs my new life in […]
IB French: “Je suis rassasié”
You’ve just finished your kilo of moules Provençal avec frites. You couldn’t resist the mousse au chocolat. The carafe de vin is empty. The waiter comes around to ask if […]
Thank you, Mr. Nimmons
It’s gotta be said that one of the pillars that made our ISB/Belgian experience so remarkable was our teachers. Like each of us, many were transplants themselves which only enhanced […]
Belgian team wins European solar car championship
Anyone else see the irony here? Belgium’s Team Agoria Solar took gold in the European solar car championship in Heusden-Zolder on Sunday afternoon, completing 352 laps in 24 hours in […]
Mini-Europe to close its doors at the end of 2020
Say it ain’t so! Mini-Europe’s management has announced that the tourist park will close on December 31st of this year. The company cites the impact of the corona crisis and […]
Name that Teacher!
ISB recently held a Zoom meeting with former faculty. It was an opportunity for them to meet the new ISB Director, James MacDonald. Recognize any of these iconic faces? I […]
Carol Kelly honored as 2020 Marion County Outstanding Senior Citizen
The spotlight shines bright on ISB’s mega-family, the Kellys’. This just in from the Marion Star: MARION – The Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging Inc. Wednesday honored Carol Kelly as […]
Brussels to Barcelona in eight hours: Proposal to relaunch Trans-Europe Express
For many of us, our Belgian youth seemed to be awash in acronyms and initialisms. One that stands out was TEE. This just in from The Bulletin: German federal transport […]
Beyond the Château 