Relocation
Reflections on Relocation: Part 1
First of two articles, written five months after we arrived in Belgium, comparing the UK to our new home.
- Originally published: 30 Oct 2008 in Relocation
Reflections on Relocation: Part 2
The second of two articles looking back on relocation to Brussels five months on. This is my partner J’s perspective.
- Originally published: 30 Oct 2008 in Relocation
Totally wired for Belgium
Relocating to Brussels throws up lots of challenges such as how to evaluate Belgian supermarket chains and rewire UK plugs.
- Originally published: 13 Sep 2008 in Relocation
Relocating to Brussels: the final haul
Moving to Brussels: temporary accommodation, commune registration, parking permits, utilities, rubbish collection, doctors, dentists.
- Originally published: 14 Jul 2008 in Relocation
Buying soap (and the accretion of experience)
Shops close on Sundays in Brussels. So what happens if you need a bar of soap?
- Originally published: 23 Jun 2008 in Relocation
Maisons de maître (and other buildings)
Whilst in between jobs after moving to Brussels, I took time to learn the communes and enjoy the architecture.
- Originally published: 16 Jun 2008 in Relocation
Early days in Brussels
We’ve been to Brussels before, of course, but this time we’re not leaving again after a couple of days!
- Originally published: 16 Jun 2008 in Relocation
Leaving the UK
Finally we’re leaving Britain to become real Europeans. But first we have to get there.
- Originally published: 4 Jun 2008 in Relocation
Elsewhere on MikePadgett.com …
Sint Bernardus Christmas Ale
4/5. Stronger and less smooth than the 12 Abt but with many of the same flavours – definitely a winter warmer.
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2011 in Beer
Blame it on the Bellboy
If there’s any proper comedy in this film, I must be Venetian blind.
- Originally published: 19 Apr 2007 in Film
Hot Fuzz
Not caught by the Fuzz: this British parody of American buddy cop movies is rather tepid.
- Originally published: 25 Feb 2007 in Film
Ourthe Valley
Bright autumn colours deep in the folds of the Ardennes.
- Originally published: 1 Nov 2009 in Walking
Cake in the Condroz
After a week of very warm weather, there were finally hints of spring: buds on the trees, early bees and even a red squirrel.
- Originally published: 27 Mar 2010 in Walking
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
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Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.