Cutting Things Short
From experience, moving to another country is an eye-opening experience. You are constantly surprised by small things, even mundane ones, as a lot of these things are new, unusual and often surprising. The first few weeks are nothing more than a constant string of “Hmm, that’s unusual”.
And then you get used to it.
I am getting used to so many Belgian things, in fact, that it took a close friend of mine to point out something that should have been rather obvious – the Belgians take a serious approach to pruning:
Completely Bare
(Kudos to Rafe for pointing this out!)
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This brings to mind a similar incident I had in Japan in spring, when I saw an avenue of trees, which at first glance they seemed like straw!! I took a double take and could not understand why these trees were covered/encased with straw. An naswer was given by an elderly gentleman a few days later when he explained that these particular trees where cherry trees and in autumn they are covered/coated in straw to protect them from the harsh cold winter weather. It was a learning experience for me, and few weeks after this episode, an army of chaps carefully took down the covering and by late spring these magnificent trees were in full bloom.
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