“Yeah you would, buddy”
“Yeah you would, buddy”
I’ve heard a lot of opinions about Belgium, but never that it was someone’s favorite place. That’s really nice to hear :)
^Is ^it ^the ^chocolate? ^Did ^we ^win ^you ^over ^with ^the ^chocolate?
There’s “Well there’s your problem”. In each episode, the hosts break down an engineering disaster. The episodes are one to several hours long each, and they are thorough, entertaining, and you learn a ton.
There’s also a video version that contains slides with pictures and graphs.
I would suggest as a starter episode 139, The impossible railroad, which I thought was a fun one. Or 146 on the Mount Everest, that was eye-opening. Those are the recent ones that stand out to me.
The night before December 6th, children leaves their shoes on front of the chimney, along with a glass of milk and a carrot for Saint-Nicholas and his donkey (other countries say it’s a horse, but it’s a donkey for us).
Saint-Nicholas leaves a bunch (like, a lot) of candy and toys during the night for children to find when they wake up.
Traditional treats include speculoos, chocolate coins, nuts, clementines and “guimauve” (like marshmallows but a little less soft, in the shape of clogs or religious figures, sometimes chocolate-covered).
Also, on Easter, children will find eggs in their backyard. They are dropped by “the bells”. The story is that the bells of Rome fly across Europe and drop eggs along the way (see this postcard). So when the children are done finding all the eggs, they shout “THANK YOU BELLS”.
Belgium
Have you tried logging off and then back on? I had issues on my end after a server update and that fixed it.
Someone posted this earlier for people on kbin: https://kbin.social/m/monkeyspaw@sopuli.xyz
Saved you a click:
It’s behind a paywall but Iceland has an archived version
The middle one
Making wishes and ruining other’s at !monkeyspaw@sopuli.xyz