Sun, 22 November 2009
A guide to doing gaffe-free business here.
Includes geography, people, government, economy and transnational issues.
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Kimberley uncovers the sacred rituals of Frite Almighty.
Tips for managing a successful relocation back home.
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Blogger Kimberley Lovato rejoices as spring dashes colour across the Brussels landscape.Whoever says Brussels is a grey city has obviously never arrived in Springtime! Parks are full of sunny yellow daffodils and sunbathers, and walking under the canopy of trees along Avenue Tervuren gives the sensation of swimming beneath the sea as the new lima bean colored leaves casting their tint onto the sidewalk. This time of year also brings the opening of various gardens. Some public, some private, all worth visiting.
A friend recently went with me to see the tulip gardens at the Castle of Grand-Bigard, just outside of Brussels. She started to skip when she saw the garden awash with blazing color. "How can you not be happy around all these flowers?" she asked. It's true. So I skipped too. If ever there were a place to skip, this would be it. Rows and beds and mounds and hollows of tulips in every size and color were omnipresent. We bent and laid in the dew covered grass to smell them all. Some were scented, but it was the hyacinth's sweet perfume that announced to me that spring had definitively arrived. On days like today, in bright and colorful Brussels, there is nowhere else on the planet I'd rather be, or skip.I now have a quite lovely image of you skipping fixed in my mind's eye, Kimberley - thank you! ;-)
This handy guide from Expertise in Labour Mobility includes how to write a CV, application procedure, interview dos and don'ts, Belgian management culture.
Belgium’s first alternative directory assistance services - available through the shortcode 14-14 - can now be accessed on the internet.
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