A Belgian church has a chalkboard sitting at the pulpit with the jungle peeking through the windows behind it.
A burly Belgian, strapped with grenades and ammunition, towered above them.
But in the case of this Belgian royal, this de Merode, all that seems to have been forgotten.
The Belgian had a stint in America, before coming back to Paris in 1911 to stay at the apartment of Apollinaire.
The Belgian court is now determining whether to grant Johnson bail while she awaits trial.
Notwithstanding its name this variety is not certainly of Belgian origin.
It was invented by van Helmont, a Belgian chemist, who died in 1644.
And this new Belgian race is a strong race, one of the most capable in Europe.
The sight of a Belgian uniform in the streets of London or Paris was the signal for a popular ovation.
Health, strength, and fecundity is to this very day the mark of the Belgian people in town and country.