tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post2403274086191287057..comments2023-09-29T15:45:37.354+02:00Comments on Wishing I were in France: A hectic startladybirdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05690656561242165157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post-53008874271832478902014-04-19T15:13:38.148+02:002014-04-19T15:13:38.148+02:00Chm, The 'Plantentuin' (Botanical garden) ...Chm, The 'Plantentuin' (Botanical garden) is now located in the town of Meise, just north of Brussels. That's where most of my cousin's and my recently deceased uncle live(d). I've visited it once or twice when I was a little girl. The tropical water lily is still there - maybe not the same plant as the one you saw in 1937. It is amazing, isn't it. In the 60-ties, when I visited, we were told that the leaves could hold a weight up to 30-40 kilos ... enough for the tiny girl that I was at the time, to actually walk over them. I didn't try it though :)ladybirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05690656561242165157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7297241541767981823.post-15230183264733792732014-04-19T00:21:49.206+02:002014-04-19T00:21:49.206+02:00For some reason your mentioning the central railwa...For some reason your mentioning the central railway station in Bruxelles made me think of the Botanic Garden which was located not too far away from it. I remember taking photos of the Victoria Regia, that enormous tropical water lily housed in the greenhouse. I googled the Botanic Garden and found out that it was moved away in the suburbs a year or two after I visited it. It was 1937! Much has happened since then! LOLchmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.com