we're not in Belgium anymore...I felt the whole Zeche Zollverein project has been done with so much German Punktlich- und Grundlichkeit, it is almost too clean. Surely a spot of dirt and misery here and there wouldn't have done any harm?
this should prove why Southern Europe starts in Belgium (to end again in France, and recommence below the Alps/Pyrenees), and why Liege is nicknamed 'Palermo sur Meuse'
Seraing didn't disappoint: we arrived at dusk and there was barely a soul around. Those who were looked at us with a mixture of disbelief and mistrust. Our car, which was parked on a vast and windy square, was inspected closely by a slightly threatening, disheveled looking guy. The neons told us that the only two shops still open were a turkish grocery and a 'Friture'. We never found the street from 'Arm Wallonië', though.
