[Leica] Re: Belgium (WAS: New topic - what makes "it" newsworthy?)

[dlridings at gmail.com (Daniel Ridings)]

Yep, and Philippe has just summed up why I decided to apply for
Swedish citizenship.

I wanted to be a citizen of the EU and for me, Belgium represents what
I would like the EU to be.

Daniel


On Jan 12, 2008 7:57 AM, Nathan Wajsman <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote:
> Philippe has just summed up some of the reasons why I think that of
> all the countries where I have lived, I consider Belgium to have the
> best overall quality of life (I have not yet lived in Spain long
> enough to include it in the comparison).
>
> Nathan
>
>
> On 12-jan-2008, at 2:54, Philippe Orlent wrote:
>
> > I ?m Belgian, and the essence of that is a kind of 'intuitive
> > western polyglotness': linguisticly we have Indogerman, but also
> > Southern European influences, both very often combined with a
> > classic education (intensive Latin and Greek). It's quite unique
> > really. So we might have ridiculous jurisdiction, a laugheable
> > government, an opportunistic nature, and whatever other city myth,
> > but in languages we do excell. And in cuisine ofcourse ;-)
> > Anyways.
> >
>
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