The Constant Wanderer

fuckyeahghosttowns: Château de Noisy, Celles, Houyet, Namur,...

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:18:41 -0500

Château de Noisy, Celles, Houyet, Namur, Belgium (via missionabandoned)

Le Château de Noisy (also named Château Miranda) was built by the English architect Milner in 1866 as a summer home for the family of the Count of Liedekerke-Beaufort. The family stayed there until World War 2, when the castle was briefly occupied by the Nazi’s. In 1958, the NMBS (the Belgian railroad company) used it as a home to shelter the railroadmen’s children and wives.

Since 1991 the building is abandoned. The village of Celles tried several times to buy the castle and its ground but the family doesn’t want to take distance of the castle. The building has over 500 windows, which are almost all shattered along with several of the staircases inside. There is still a clock tower of 56 meters tall. The castle is popular amongst urban explorers.

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Sun, 08 Nov 2009 17:16:23 -0500

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"Life’s like a movie, write your own ending Keep believing, keep pretending We’ve done..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:11:07 -0500

“Life’s like a movie, write your own ending
Keep believing, keep pretending
We’ve done just what we set out to do
Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers, and you.”

- Kermit the Frog

"Oh, you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about. WE are the music makers… and WE..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:10:05 -0500

“Oh, you should never, never doubt what nobody is sure about. WE are the music makers… and WE are the dreamers of dreams.”

- Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory

"I don’t know if the optimists or the pessimists are right. But the optimists are going to get..."

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:08:20 -0500

“I don’t know if the optimists or the pessimists are right. But the optimists are going to get something done.”

- Craig Venter (via justbesplendid)

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Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:08:04 -0500

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(via justbesplendid:thresca) “Love is not the way it is in...

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:07:38 -0500

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“Love is not the way it is in the movies.”

"They say the bigger your investment, the bigger your return. But you have to be willing to take a..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:49:46 -0500

“They say the bigger your investment, the bigger your return. But you have to be willing to take a chance. You have to understand, you might lose it all. But if we take that chance, if you invest wisely, the payoff might just surprise you.”

- Grey’s Anatomy

"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:43:30 -0500

“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.”

- James Branch Cabell (via justbesplendid)

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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:42:07 -0500

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"I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow,..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:41:36 -0500

“I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.”

- Agatha Christie (via justbesplendid)

"I have passionately fallen in love with Life — despite all of its complexities, compromises, and..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:41:16 -0500

“I have passionately fallen in love with Life — despite all of its complexities, compromises, and contradictions — and Life has passionately revealed how much I’m loved, in spite of mine. Believe me, you will never find a lover who will adore, desire, caress, embrace, and delight you more than Life.”

- Sarah Ban Breathnach (via justbesplendid)

You are the first person I think of when I wake up every morning and you are the last thing I think about before I fall asleep every night. And most nights, you show up in my dreams.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:39:53 -0500

justbesplendid: For everything there is a season, And a time for every matter under heaven: A time...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:51:06 -0500

justbesplendid:

For everything there is a season,
And a time for every matter under heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die;
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
A time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to seek, and a time to lose;
A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate,
A time for war, and a time for peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 .

"Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts the most. Try..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:24:00 -0500

“Beginnings are scary, endings are usually sad, but it’s the middle that counts the most. Try to remember that when you find yourself at a new beginning. Just give hope a chance to float up. And it will…”

- Hope Floats

There’s an old saying I can’t really remember about how 99% of what you worry about...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:22:56 -0500

There’s an old saying I can’t really remember about how 99% of what you worry about doesn’t happen and it’s the things that blindside you at 3AM with a terrible phone call that really get you.

When I was 14, my oldest friend was killed in a pretty horrific car crash; three other people died as well. I remember her parents saying that they would never be scared of the phone ringing again, because for the truly terrible stuff, people show up at your door - it was the police for them, at midnight, asking my friend’s parents to come with them to the hospital. To say goodbye. My friend’s parents say that, to this day, their hearts skip a beat every time the door bell rings, every time someone knocks, because it could be life-altering news. The phone never scares them, even at 3AM, because no truly terrible news comes over the phone.

"A woman never forgets the men she could have had; a man, the women he couldn’t."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:09:19 -0500

“A woman never forgets the men she could have had; a man, the women he couldn’t.”

"Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night..."

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:08:18 -0500

“Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite. Or waiting around for Friday night or waiting perhaps for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil or a better break or a string of pearls or a pair of pants or a wig with curls or another chance. Everyone is just waiting.”

- Dr. Seuss (via justbesplendid)

"Love is looking into his eyes and forgetting about the world around you. It’s feeling his kiss hours..."

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:51:16 -0400

“Love is looking into his eyes and forgetting about the world around you. It’s feeling his kiss hours after he’s gone. Its remembering how he smells like and loving his scent more than anyone else’s. It’s seeing perfection when he’s standing beside you, and realizing that every moment he’s not with you is just too long.”

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"The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the..."

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:14:29 -0400

“The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender.”

- Emil Ludwig (via justbesplendid)