<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="3.10.0">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://oldthriftman.github.io/UnFrancaisaBruxelle.github.io/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://oldthriftman.github.io/UnFrancaisaBruxelle.github.io/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-09-30T15:08:24+00:00</updated><id>https://oldthriftman.github.io/UnFrancaisaBruxelle.github.io/feed.xml</id><title type="html">My thoughts on things</title><subtitle>Notes, essays and things I&apos;ve learned.</subtitle><author><name>My thoughts on things</name></author><entry><title type="html">Ceci est le premier billet de ce site.</title><link href="https://oldthriftman.github.io/UnFrancaisaBruxelle.github.io/2026/09/30/ceci-est-le-premier-billet-de-ce-site/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Ceci est le premier billet de ce site." /><published>2026-09-30T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-09-30T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://oldthriftman.github.io/UnFrancaisaBruxelle.github.io/2026/09/30/ceci-est-le-premier-billet-de-ce-site</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://oldthriftman.github.io/UnFrancaisaBruxelle.github.io/2026/09/30/ceci-est-le-premier-billet-de-ce-site/"><![CDATA[<h2 id="mon-écriture-sera-irrégulière-jespère-néanmoins-quelle-sera-précise">Mon écriture sera irrégulière, j’espère néanmoins qu’elle sera précise.</h2>

<p>Je suis un Français à Bruxelles depuis 2 ans. Depuis 2 ans maintenant j’arpente les rues de la ville que Baudelaire appelait “<em>obscur, informe, blafard ou vineux”</em> et que je partage mon quotidien avec son peuple tri-lingue.</p>

<p>La capitale de l’Europe est une ville de contraste, beaucoup plus petite que Paris ou Londres, elle a sa diversité en commun avec elles. Un amalgame de peuples se croise et s’entrechoque entre les différentes portes de la ville. Bruit, odeur et couleur s’enlacent dans un parfait amalgame. La langue naturelle y est le Français, mais beaucoup parle l’anglais, certain parlent même le Flamand. Les petits vendeurs à la sauvette courent en parallèle des fonctionnaires en cravate et costume mal taillé qui pressent le pas vers le quartier européen. Les sirènes chantent à toute heure, moins pour policer la ville que pour amener le prochain ambassadeur à la prochaine réunion de travail qui prépare la prochaine déclaration sans saveur qui maintiendra le marché commun.</p>

<p>Dans cette ville immense et minuscule à la fois se trouve un Franco-Britannique, passager clandestin d’une vie rempli de péripétie, qui apprend doucement.</p>]]></content><author><name>My thoughts on things</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Mon écriture sera irrégulière, j’espère néanmoins qu’elle sera précise.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Welcome to the blog</title><link href="https://oldthriftman.github.io/UnFrancaisaBruxelle.github.io/2026/09/28/welcome/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Welcome to the blog" /><published>2026-09-28T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-09-28T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://oldthriftman.github.io/UnFrancaisaBruxelle.github.io/2026/09/28/welcome</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://oldthriftman.github.io/UnFrancaisaBruxelle.github.io/2026/09/28/welcome/"><![CDATA[<p>This is the first post. Every post is a Markdown file in <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">_posts/</code>, named
<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">YYYY-MM-DD-some-title.md</code>, with a small block of front matter at the top:</p>

<div class="language-yaml highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="nn">---</span>
<span class="na">title</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">My</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">post</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">title"</span>
<span class="na">description</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">Optional</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">one-line</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">summary</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">shown</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">on</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">the</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">home</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">card."</span>
<span class="na">image</span><span class="pi">:</span> <span class="s">/assets/posts/cover.jpg</span>   <span class="c1"># optional card cover</span>
<span class="nn">---</span>
</code></pre></div></div>

<p>Commit and push — GitHub Pages rebuilds the site in about a minute.</p>]]></content><author><name>My thoughts on things</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[What this place is, and how posts get here.]]></summary></entry><entry><title type="html">Writing in Markdown</title><link href="https://oldthriftman.github.io/UnFrancaisaBruxelle.github.io/2026/09/20/writing-in-markdown/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Writing in Markdown" /><published>2026-09-20T00:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-09-20T00:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://oldthriftman.github.io/UnFrancaisaBruxelle.github.io/2026/09/20/writing-in-markdown</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://oldthriftman.github.io/UnFrancaisaBruxelle.github.io/2026/09/20/writing-in-markdown/"><![CDATA[<p>Everything GitHub-flavored Markdown supports works here: <strong>bold</strong>, <em>italics</em>,
<a href="https://jekyllrb.com">links</a>, lists, tables and fenced code.</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Quotes look like this.</p>
</blockquote>

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Feature</th>
      <th>Supported</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Tables</td>
      <td>Yes</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Footnotes</td>
      <td>Yes</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

<div class="language-js highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="kd">function</span> <span class="nx">greet</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="p">{</span>
  <span class="k">return</span> <span class="s2">`Hello, </span><span class="p">${</span><span class="nx">name</span><span class="p">}</span><span class="s2">!`</span><span class="p">;</span> <span class="c1">// highlighted by Rouge</span>
<span class="p">}</span>
</code></pre></div></div>]]></content><author><name>My thoughts on things</name></author><summary type="html"><![CDATA[Everything GitHub-flavored Markdown supports works here: bold, italics, links, lists, tables and fenced code.]]></summary></entry></feed>