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Life isn't about finding yourself, it is about creating yourself'

George Bernard Shaw
If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to your liking?
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Friday, August 17, 2012

Anyone out there a Flemish speaker?

In the next few weeks Nick and I are going on a short trip to Antwerp.

We are keen to see the old town, enjoy some Belgian food and take a look at the altarpiece in the Cathedral.

A print representing the central panel of the altarpiece was copied by Gainsborough in the late 1760's, probably as an exercise in composition, and the picture is now one of the greatest treasures at Gainsborough's House.

Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) The Descent from the Cross (after Rubens).
We decided to book a table on line at a recommended restaurant (good value but central!), and think that we have managed it, but the e mail response we have received is indecipherable to both of us. (Nick's language skills are of the Latin variety, and mine entirely Slavic).

Guesswork has got us a little way, but we are still not sure if our table is booked or if we are being, rather wordily, turned away.

Is there anyone out there who can help?

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