Life is a Mosaic

Summer in Belgium

Yesterday i got to observe an annual Belgium's phenomenon, called 'Summer in Belgium'. The roots for this phenomenon start from the climate in Belgium and the surrounding areas, where the amount of sunny days with a temperature of 20 degrees and higher is no more than 15. Taking into account an average person's daily schedule, those 15 days get two weekends, most probably in June. As a natural conclusion, the big part of Belgian population on weekends tends to use every single ray of sunlight which is showing up. Therefore, in the weekends of June a huge increase of human migration is noticed to the Belgian (or not necessarilly) seaside.

It is easily seen by anyone, not necesarrily an expert - this phenomenon causes such (in)conveniences as:
- no places to sit in the trains, going towards the seaside
- huge traffic jams on highways, leading towards the seaside
- a dramatic increase of amount of people on the streets of all seaside towns
- same towns having all shops open on Sunday (!!!)
- almost no place to put your towel on the sand
- absolutely no place to play volleyball or any other gale without disturbing your beach-neigbours
- losing your property, friends and children in the crowd
- huge delays of the trains going back to big inland cities of Belgium

In order to make the most of your holidays, please take the above into account before going to the Belgian seaside, and explore the phenomenon with a great joy and relaxation!

There is another phenomenon, called 'FIFA World Cup 2006', but I believe someone else will write about it...

Labels: Belgium

posted by Vija @ 8:56 AM