A series of terrorist attacks has hit London, Brussels and Paris in recent months - the three capitals we visited in the month of May 2017. Singing along 'Happy' by Pharrell Williams, we all were happy as we moved to the beat in bright sunshine. My father drove us from Paris to Brussels to see this architectural wonder at the Brussels World Fair. The immortal words of the Roman poet Horace spoken some two thousand years ago still resonate: 'Carpe Diem' (seize the day). I now also comprehend the veracity behind the meaningful words coined by Anais Nin, the French-Caribbean essayist: 'We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.'

Source: bd News24 September 19, 2017 14:37 UTC