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The famed hotel-restaurant “Scholteshof“, located in Kermt (near Hasselt), Belgium, has been abandoned for a few years. The domain is very large and used to contain a tennis court, multiple ponds and multiple surrounding gardens, two restaurants and the main hotel itself. Not much of these things are left nowadays, except the gardens, who are becoming one big wood. It is funny to research the place on for example google, and find pictures and videos from the past. It looked amazing back then. Many famous people used to visit and stay here, and some even came by helicopter. Take for example this link. It contains nice a looking video of how the hotel used to be, and some information about the food:

Roger Souvereyns, a collector and a man of sense converts an old farm dating back to 1742, an ancient dwelling of the Bailiff of Steevoort, into a peace haven where gastronomy and lifestyle inter-relate quite harmoniously. In the eleven-hectare estate with kitchen gardens, vineyards and herbariums, all of which provide directly the cooking with the first-quality products, the Scholteshof surrounds you, at any time, of superb art objects, which intermingle with the valuable precious antique furniture, the goal of which is to offer a varied and cosy setting. Let’s discover his cooking all quality-based on specific products so as to find out the authentic tastes, while preserving the natural flavours and aromas, all this thanks to simple preparations, such as these fillets sautés, truffles and goose-liver in carpaccio, or these roe-buck undercuts, pear in red wine and beetroots.

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Life in Arnika

This is one fine day in Arnika. (Do notice the Wizardry reference) I decide to do some gardening in town. With enough skills and thanks to some helpful hints, I managed to succeed in the flower breeding process! By carefully combining a set of white roses (positioning them next to each other) according to the guide, there might grow a purple rose. The result of weeks of gardening, patience and a lot of love is pictured here -

Look ma! I’ve got some Purple flowers! Woah!

After a few days waiting and praying, the purple flowers started breeding themselves. I really should take a recent screencap to show off the newly planted precious flowers around the over-sized mansion.

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