Even after 2 years, we apparently still don't know when stores are open or not around here! We've come to know they're not open as much as we were used to in the US. But, we didn't think twice about going to shop for some dress clothes for Kevin on a Saturday afternoon. The mall was closed! We called our friend who informed us it was August 15 (we knew that much) and that it was a national holiday in honor of Mary ascending to heaven. So every store is closed for the day! Every Belgian knows this, like they know Dec. 25th is Christmas and July 21 is their "Independence Day". But we had no clue.
We also planned to get some dinner things, but we'll have to make due with what's in the fridge. All we could do was laugh - we still have no real clue about the store hours even when we think we've got it figured out. Oh well.
Later this weekend I will get the Belgian holiday schedule out and make sure I have all the days on my calendar!
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