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Hotel La Legende: A Stylish Breakfast in Brussels, Belgium

Exclusive, freshly renovated: some pictures of the “new” breakfast room in the charming Hotel La Legend. When you’re traveling, if you prefer feeling at home, here’s a rare address: a small family hotel with 27 rooms, including a nice studio in the attic, in the heart of Brussels. The hotel is located 10 minutes from the Sablons, one of my favorite neighborhoods and less than 5 minutes from the Grand Place, but away from crowds. I enjoy its calm and friendly atmosphere. And I really like the new design of the breakfast room: extremely simple in white ivory, chic and very contemporary. It was quite difficult for me to leave the room, as I felt relaxed and comfortable. When I’m traveling, breakfast is a very important time, where I plan my day to come. I need to find myself in an intimate and clear space. Just like here, with these large windows overlooking the courtyard which separates the noise from the street.

La Legende Hotel : 35 rue du Lombard, 1000 Brussels. Phone : +32 2 512 82 90. www.hotellalegende.com  

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Hotel La Légende: Visiting The Charming Hotel With Sophie Jonot, The Owner 

Brussels, Belgium: Les Sablons

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East Sussex, UK: A Walk In The Old City Of Hastings

A post for all those looking a different destination for a relaxing weekend : here is Hastings in East Sussex, England. Forget immediatly your party animal temper to switch to “a deep seaside breath” only. I recommend the hyperactive, a homeopathic dose of two days, no more. Enjoy the pictures in my tour of the old town of Hastings. Picture 1: view down to the fishing area, with the amazing Net shops (picture 2), black wooden huts erected in height, where fishermen traditionally ranked their nets and fishing equipment. Absolutely new for me! Near the net shops, I also discover @ the Jerwood Gallery, some British painters of the 20th century and 21st (post to come). Pictures 3 & 4: typical narrow street of the old Hastings leads to an English gardens! Then I reach some shopping streets, with many small antique shops, full of miscellaneous objects completely surreal, like in “The Advengers” (last picture).

Informations : to go to Hastings by Ferry FDS Seaways from  Dunkerque to Dover, www.norfolkline.com, www.visit1066country.com.  

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Biarritz, France: The Final of Roxy Pro 2012

MlleLeKRoxy Pro 2012 Grande Plage 2

Today the action takes place in the Grande Plage:

I juggle between wet sand and the terrace of the city casino, to take some snapshots of the final of the 7th Edition of the Roxy Pro Biarritz 2012 and penultimate stop of the ASP Women’s World Surfing Championship 2012. Beach side, icy wind and threatening sky this morning, I am freezing cold: the girls are brave!

MlleLeK Roxy Pro 2012 The Girls

The weather changes 

around 1-2 p.m. and  I decide to follow the rest of the competition at the casino terrace, comfortably nestled in a puff, with a panoramic view of the final. The slender Stephanie Gilmore wins the Roxy Pro 2012 and a 5th world title: congrats! Pictures below of the best femal surfers in the world: Stephanie Gilmore, Coco Ho, Sally Fizgibbons, Tyler Wright and Carissa Moore. To be continued …

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