Tinker's photos
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A cake baked like a lamb, left from Easter. Unlike the one in the supermarket, this one actually had lots of detail and did actually look like a lamb, At "Une Gaufrette Saperlipopette" on Rue des Mineurs.
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At "Une Gaufrette Saperlipopette" on Rue des Mineurs. Eugénie bought a range of things for me try
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Some of the offerings in the window display of "Une Gaufrette Saperlipopette" on Rue des Mineurs
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The little bakery "Une Gaufrette Saperlipopette" on Rue des Mineurs is so good, and so popular that there is always a queue, no matter what time.
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Palais des Princes-Evêques (Palace of the Prince-Bishops) which now houses the provincial services of Liège and the Palais de Justice
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Palais des Princes-Evêques (Palace of the Prince-Bishops) which now houses the provincial services of Liège and the Palais de Justice
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From François & Eugénie's balcony. This is my first stay in a city since being back in Europe. It feels immediately familiar - a bit like my Berlin days.
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This farm has both dairy and beef cattle, and the calves are raised together. It's easy to see which are which - skinny hips on the dairy calves, and big bums of the beef calves
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This farm has both dairy and beef cattle, and the calves are raised together. It's easy to see which are which. There's a little Jersey calf on the right
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After watching Eugénie's father perform the caesarian on the cow, we visited the calves. This farm has both dairy and beef cattle, and the calves are raised together. It's easy to see which are which.
Lesve - cow caesarian
Lesve - cow caesarian
Lesve - cow caesarian
Lesve - cow caesarian
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The mother cow is cleaned out, the placenta removed. I was surprised how calm she stayed throughout all of it. It was her first calf, at three years of age
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The newly born calf is hung up so the fluids can drain out of her lungs and mouth, and within a few minutes she was mooing, and was then lowered into a wheelbarrow and taken to the other newborn calves for colostrum
Lesve - cow caesarian
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The calf is pulled out and hoisted up. The neighbours' dog has come over to get the treat of the placenta