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Joke De Roeck
Nov 27, 20242 min read
Autumn in Belgium
I’m back in my rainy old hometown, spending time with loved ones and working. I’ve been here for 4 days now and seemed to have forgotten...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 16, 20242 min read
Belgian holidays
Hello wide awake heart beating to the rhythm of caffeine! It’s evening and I’m dipping speculaas (I refuse to call it biscoff) in my...
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Joke De Roeck
Feb 6, 20243 min read
The year that was January
It’s February 6 and today I finally took the time for a date with my annual pages where I reflect on the past year and dream up stuff for...
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Joke De Roeck
Mar 9, 20233 min read
Holidays in the rain
When you live in Spain but your friends and fam live in Belgium, automatically your holidays will be spent… In Belgium. I know February...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 10, 20232 min read
My treasure chest
For nearly ten years we’ve been following this tradition now, my Brussels friends and I. We rent a house somewhere in the south of...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 30, 20223 min read
2022 Reflections
‘Twas the night before Christmas, or not really. More like the night before my flight to Belgium where I instantly turned into a snow...
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Joke De Roeck
Aug 23, 20222 min read
The Valencian Void
How did we survive the days after summer camp when we were little? Did we indulge in milk and cookies and watch cartoons until we fell...
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Joke De Roeck
Jun 14, 20222 min read
Full moon brain stew
I’ve been wanting to write about my visit to Belgium since coming back home to Valencia a week ago. But I couldn’t. Because this heatwave...
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Joke De Roeck
May 29, 20222 min read
Core festival: hasta nunca baby
Core Festival. What the hell are you? Not the love child of Rock Werchter and Tomorrowland, as we all expected. Maybe the morning after...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 23, 20222 min read
Halfway
Can you believe I’m already halfway through my Belgian journey? Yes, you read it right: I’m not here to stay. That was never the plan. I...
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Joke De Roeck
Jan 17, 20222 min read
Freddie Mercury retrograde
Do you feel it too? How the world is turning, making my head spin, waking me up with a migraine and a hangover the size of a planet...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 28, 20212 min read
Merry covid and a happy Bon Jovi!
Nothing says 'welcome to Belgium' more than getting covid two weeks after arriving. Seriously, how do people do it, living here and not...
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Joke De Roeck
Dec 16, 20212 min read
The concept of home
What is home? Is something I’ve been asking myself and others for as long as I can remember. Flying back to Belgium is like coming home....
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