Election Night

I am obviously way behind on posting this, but I did want to at least record it in our blog, even though we already know the outcome.


I love that Kyle both works for a company and has a job that people have heard of. It is so nice to be able to say where you husband works and people actually know the company (well, at least most people). It is always a bit awkward here to meet people and ask where they work. Most often the response is something to the effect of "LQN Resource Advancement. I handle the alternate processing of the YP chip in the plastics technology." and you are left thinking "I have no clue what you just said. I have never heard of your company and even if you explain what they do I have a feeling I still wouldn't get it. So what do I say now?"


Kyle laughs at me when I say this because he is from a town of 30,000, but one of the reasons I love Brussels is because it feels like a small town to me (even though it has a population of one million). But when you hang out in the English speaking circle, the population dramatically decreases and you end up seeing the same people often. This was the case on election night. We got to see lots of friends at the big party hosted by the main English magazine here. Apparently Kyle must be the only American editorial writer in Brussels because for the past several months he has been asked to speak often about the election, including at the election party. There were estimates of between 1800-2200 people in attendance. It will never cease to amaze me how interested Europeans are in American politics. Obviously I understand why, because what the US does affects the whole world. However, there is a difference between just knowing who our president is versus attending debates and parties having to do with the election in a country that is not your own.



When Kyle spoke it was 11pm and the crowd in the room where he was speaking was a bit rowdy so probably more like 50 people actually heard what he had to say. But I was one of the 50 and I can tell you that he did a great job!




Double click to see his name on the program that was published in the local English magazine.

The crowd in one of the many rooms where the party took place.

Kyle's article in Le Soir that was published the day of the election.