The first three weeks of September are pretty hectic for my sister. In her line of work (administration for a group of schools - her being responsible for over 500 personel) there's a deadline to get around half of September. That means working many hours a day, until late in the evening, and also the weekends. Just like any other year, Chris managed to get everything done before the deadline. So she was entitled to having a weekend off for a change.
We left for the coast early Friday afternoon. We are lucky with the weather, as it is sunny and warm - a real Indian summer. You're no longer obliged to wear a face mask when walking in Knokke-Heist (only where it's extremely busy) and that's a relief. I really don't like wearing a mask!
We've been relaxing as best we can. Yesterday we went for a little walk and afterwarts spent some time on our terrace, enjoying the sun.
It's also a good opportunity to wash as much of the summer gear we won't be wearing for the coming months and put it away clean and fresh. One of the advantages of having such a big roof terrace is that you can dry the washing outside. With all this sunshine it really doesn't take long to dry - and it's cheap, right? At the moment a second batch of washing is hanging out to dry.
We'll go lunching out later today - always nice when you don't have to cook yourself. Our new favorite restaurant is @Sea - they have a varied menu and the prices are fair. They work with really fresh ingredients, which I think is important. Everything is made in the house, what isn't so in many of the other restaurants along the promenade.
We'll go home again tomorrow morning, as Christine is working from home on Mondays, and she can answer the phone of the train just as easily, or fill out a form on her tablet.
When all goes well, we'll go to Antwerp next weekend. Of course we'll have to wait what will be decided on the next meeting of the Security Council next Wednesday. They are sure to take new measures to curb the corona crisis, which is exploding once more.
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