Obviously not everyone has the good fortune of living in a foreign country and having family living somewhere nearby. But I happen to have family living down in Belgium, just south of Brussels. The nice thing about taking the three hour international train ride, besides the tender-loving-care and the homecooking, is the nature. Once you get outside of the city and into the old suburbs, you see nothing by yellows, oranges, and reds.. the colors of fall. And one bonus I found this weekend: mushrooms!

Yes I can hear all the kids already... shrooms! NO. Not in the Amsterdam stereotype way... in the beauty of nature, take-a-photo kind of way. Not everything is about gettin high dammit!