Since long we won't be spending the Christmas holidays anywhere abroad. Last winter we were in Egypt, the one before in Mexico and the years before in Hungary, Denmark and Great-Britain. Now we're following the advice not to travel (won't do this before I get vaccinated) and have just taken the train to Knokke-Heist.
A stay at the coast is always something of a holiday. You have the fresh sea air, walks on the beach or in the dunes, cycling through the hinterland. The only negative is that restaurants and cafés are still closed. So you can't venture too far away in case you need the toilet... for which the only place is home.
I suppose it will be pretty busy here anyways. Lots of second-home owners will arrive this evening or tomorrow and when the weather is nice, lots of day tourists as well. Knokke-Heist has the most second homes of the whole Belgian coast. You could say we make their living and pay their taxes - inhabitants of Knokke-Heist don't have to pay city tax because the income of the tax on second homes is high enough (goes into the millions).
My sister is still at work. She had two online meetings today, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. That last one should be finished by 3.30 pm so with a bit of luck she can get the 16.02 train to Ghent and from there the 17.02 to Knokke.
For both Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve we've ordered take-away dinners. It's nice not having to cook on these occasions. We'll celebrate just the two of us, and although we're sisters we never hug or kiss, so that makes us less vulnerable of catching corona.
Hopefully the weather is somewhat nice the coming week and the next one. When it's dry you can go outside for a walk or a ride. Otherwise we have to keep busy by making some new furniture (Chris wants to redo a little sideboard because she's not happy with the present one).
Happy holidays!
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