Tales of a Technogypsie

Chapter 17: Part C Saturday, 11 April 2009Mons, Belgium Realizing the key has been discovered, Sir Thomas Leaf sat to ponder the new revelation that the key was not an ancient rusting artifact, but rather a gift of spirit, warmth, youth, Faerie energy, and a re-awakening that the Irish and English faeries he met unlocked [...]

Trolls et Legendes Festival 2009 – Day 2 – Concerts Lotto Mons Expo * Avenue Thomas Edison – 7000 Mons – Belgium * http://www.trolls-et-legendes.be/2009/index-en.htm Knowing its a shame that I could only attend 2 of the 3 nights of concerts, I was in extreme excitement about tonight’s line-up with the chance to see my second [...]

Daemonia Nymphe (from Greece) * Live Saturday, April 11th, 2009 – Trolls et Legendes Festival – Mons, Belgium *www.myspace.com/daemonianymphe Mystical and Mythic masterpiece of Greek theater and music, this spectacular band brings one back to the times of Greece and deep ritual. Masked and ritualistic, the audience was noticeably transformed by these artists during the [...]

Woodland Performing unplugged at Trolls et Legendes Festival in Mons, Belgium: 4/11/09Eugene, Oregon http://www.woodlandmusic.net/ Having already booked my trip to Europe without knowing about the Trolls et Legendes festival, I was pretty distraught that I would be missing the performance of Woodland on sunday since I had to leave the festival the night prior to [...]

Chapter 17: Part B Saturday, 11 April 2009Mons, Belgium “Closer to the key, I can feel it …” Sir Thomas Leaf pondered. “It is the day for the revelations to be revealed.” Difficulties making conversation or getting around without knowing French was pretty prevelant for the duo, and it frustrated Princess Brea. Sir Thomas Leaf [...]

Trolls et Legendes vendorsphoto by Zoe Nicholls Trolls et Legendes Festival 2009 – Day 2 – the Market Lotto Mons Expo * Avenue Thomas Edison – 7000 Mons – Belgium * http://www.trolls-et-legendes.be/2009/index-en.htm Wandering around the vendor side of the the Festival, I was amazed by the incredible and amazing array of artwork presented. Paintings, books, [...]

Part A figures by Brian & Wendy Froud Saturday, 11 April 2009Mons, Belgium Today is the revelation of the key. Such as sacred day indeed. The adventurers awoke at the hostel, packed up their gear, and headed down for a decent breakfast. It was quite obvious many other Trolls-et-Legendes Festival-goers were there, as one could [...]

Trolls et Legendes Festival 2009 – Day 2 – Art Galleries Lotto Mons Expo * Avenue Thomas Edison – 7000 Mons – Belgium * http://www.trolls-et-legendes.be/2009/index-en.htm Day two of the infamous Trolls et Legendes festival at the Mons Expo center … opening up to some incredible art galleries by world reknown faerie artists like Brian and [...]

Cécile Lensen Gallery at Trolls et Legendes Festival in Mons, Belgium: 4/11/09 – 4/12/09 www.ygora.netAt the age of 16 she was the inspiration behind Ygora.net as she wanted to share her passion and art with others. An amazing illustrator, she did many cover illustrations for the Damenndyn saga of Rose Beryl. Most of her inspirations [...]

Epie Gallery at Trolls et Legendes Festival in Mons, Belgium: 4/11/09 – 4/12/09 www.epie.fr An amazing photographer and artist from Annonay, this wonderful artisan takes hard to find shots of insects, birds, faeries, elves, goblins, and the miniature world. Blending photography and studio work, body painting, costuming, her vision to to make the young and [...]

Lego Expo 30 ans – Mons/Grand PresPlace des Grandes Pres * 1 – Mons – Belgique – + 32(0) 65 31 27 18 * http://www.lesgrandspres.be/Hosted in a large shopping mall just off from the historic town center was the Lego Expo within the wings of the mall. Some enormous lego statues and fabulous artistic exhibits [...]

Part B Trolls et Legendes Friday, 10 April 2009Mons, Belgium Heading down to the Central Station, and getting a little turned around doing it, the adventurers finally found the info booth, and in half-english, half-french was directed round-a-bout to where they needed to find the C bus. Of course, none of the signs listed a [...]

Naheulbeuk Night Trolls et Legendes Festival, Night 1, 4/10/2009 – Lotto Mons Expo Center, Mons, Belgium Le Donjon de Naheulbeuk (France) presented the night with a role-playing parody that began originally as an audio saga. Apparently the group became immensely popular and diversified into a band, a series of comic books, novels, and soon a [...]

Trolls et Legendes – Day 1 Trolls et Legendes Festival 2009 – Day 1 Lotto Mons Expo * Avenue Thomas Edison – 7000 Mons – Belgium * http://www.trolls-et-legendes.be/2009/index-en.htm Day one of the infamous Trolls et Legendes festival at the Mons Expo center … evening only as they were to present some films and concerts from [...]

Part A Hunting for the hostel in Mons Friday, 10 April 2009Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Mons, Belgium The adventurers had a pretty interesting night partying in Amsterdam with the pub crawl. Awaking early with a hangover was not the best start to the day that Sir Thomas Leaf could have. Onwards to check out from [...]

Mons, Belgium Population [2006] is 91,221 (47.78% male / 52.22% female) Mons is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut and is considered a Walloon city (French). At Spiennes some of the best flint tools in Europe were found dating from the Neolithic period and were the first signs of activity [...]