Aug
24
2008
The highlight of my day these days happens to be in the late afternoon: after the lunch cleaning up and midday-break and just before rush-hour dinner time. It’s around “now” that I go out and have a cup of authentic Greek coffee.
For the purists amongst us: Greek coffee is as Greek as French fries is French. In the first case, the Turkish will want to make a claim, and in the latter, the Belgians want to state they invented the French fries…
Oh, I just love watching people strolling by and sipping my dark cup of coffee: the coffee powder used has been pounded from coffee bean until they have a consistency of flour.
So once you get your Greek coffee it’s all about letting it rest and sink to the bottom. And that’s exactly my what I
intend to do with my state of mind: let it rest and sink all daily life troubles and worries to the bottom…
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Mar
15
2008
How healthy is Chocolate?
Like with all food: there is a saying: be moderate. If I say chocolates are healthy, and you change your diet to only chocolates… then of course chocolates are not healthy anymore…
Real chocolate has blood pressure lowering qualities and chocolate has a substance that enhances your good mood 
Home-made chocolate
As usual: what you cook yourself is what you know: if you make your own Belgian chocolate truffles, you know what you are eating as you…
know your ingredients.
And here is where things get important: all things that artificially make a chocolate hard, will also make it hard to go through your digestion-system! It is simple logic but true: chocolates should be made out of :
- cacao
- cacao butter
- organic sugar
- organic ingredients like eggs, cream…
and chocolates should only be allowed to live for 1 week or at most 1 month in a cool fridge: every chocolate that can live longer has ingredients in it that are not beneficial for your health! Or in other words: chocolates that can live longer than 1 month: if you eat those chocolates, it will take days off your life-span…
If you buy chocolates like e.g. Godiva chocolates, then ask the chocolate factory what are the ingredients they are using. If they are using only healthy ingredients and healthy preparations for their chocolates, then it is worth the extra money (which you will save later on: because you keep in good health).
Read more Belgian chocolate recipes at : Belgian Chocolate truffles
Read more about weight loss programs at : Weight loss Programs
Technorati Tags: Gourmet Chocolate | Chocolate factory | Godiva Chocolates | Dark Chocolate | Chocolate recipe | Health | Weight loss programs
Oct
27
2007
Ieper or Ypres is situated in West Flanders, Belgium and it is closely associated with the some of the most bitter battles of the First World War, which devastated the entire town at the end of the war.
It is a town very rich in history and you can see most of its ancient buildings still intact and evidence of its former splendor.
You can rent bicycles a the town hall and have a leisurely ride around town taking in the historical sites, museums and war memorial.
When looking for Ieper Hotels, you do not need to look further than HotelClub as they offer discount hotels and cheap rooms for your easy selection online.
You can just browse the available hotels for the dates that you need and then continue on to make your booking online.
All rates shown online include taxes so there are no hidden costs or taxes. It is no hassle and saves you lots of time and money in the end.
You can also get other useful information online on the HotelClub website including group bookings, flights, car hire, transfers and travel insurance.
Traveling advice on Ieper is also available in the Ieper Forum.
In addition, last minute deals on hotels are also available.
