Lakes, Forests, and Books

Two things I have been really itching to find and explore were
a. the Institute of Philosophy

and
b. my nature fix
The latter came in the form of Provinciedomein Kessel-Lo, a gigantic park with a large lake and smaller bodies nearby.  There is room for days to ride my bike around and find a secluded spot to read, and I did just that on a chilled sunny day until finding my way to a spot next to a pond where I plopped down under a tree with my new friend Edmund.   This tri was useful because I learned that the farmer's market is set-up in Kessel-Lo on Thursdays, in addition to the downtown setup on Fridays.


Botanical Gardens (reminded me of Greek tragedy)

 



The philosophy set-up is its own little Neverland, somewhat hidden (it was from me anyway, until now) from the rest of town, and it has it's own library: Four cozy floors of philosophy books; someone could stumble into this place and end up stuck for quite some time. There was the only English version of a very cool book (which I've been wanting to read) stealthily hidden behind two of Hegel's other works which happened to be both enormous and old (the actual copy, anyway).