Aan de leien B&B Antwerp
Britselei 49 bus 6 Antwerp, Antwerpen, 2000, Belgium
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Antwerp 1
Our welcome to Belgium
For our first of many intercity trains, we had to literally run to make the train to Antwerp, arriving with about 2 minutes to spare. It seems that the entire city is filled with 2 things - shops selling chocolates, and shops selling chips (frittes) with mayonnaise. I wondered how such a simple delicacy …
Antwerp 2
Walk around Antwerp
One thing that stands out about Belgians is their hospitality. Michel and his family gave us much of their time during yesterday and at last night´s dinner, and the lady at our B&B has also been very generous, particularly with breakfast, where we´ve been given cereal, fruit and yoghurt, tea, chocolate ( …
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Antwerp and Zeeland
... to catch it open that day.
The train systems took us a little bit to figure out, each town works differently. But we managed with a little bit of help from the ticket machine mechanics, who happened to be there fixing the machine at the time. We hit Grootemark and the city's famous Church, before 10am. The town was just beginning to wake up; most of the stores were still closed except for one fortunate Chocolatier. We bought some real Belgium ...
Walking Tour
... grandfather took pictures of (so I, of course, also took pictures of them). Pub was still closed so we wandered around a bit more, down to the river than up to a Frituur where I had my first frites (a lot like thick cut fries, but you have a wide choice of mayos, sweet!). Wandered past a few chocolatiers to get to one with homemade chocolates. He pointed out the Godiva, and I noted we have those back in the Canada. Very nice people working ...
Another Last, Another First, Another Train
... something non-English before the case is opened and he starts to play. The guitar is badly out of tune but the two have such wonderful vocal harmonies it doesn’t matter. Eventually the chords change and I recognise the song. No Woman No Cry gets a uke solo and more, we stretch it out for a good extra verse or so, laughing as we go. Erwin shows up as we’re finishing, amazed that I’ve found friends already. A big smile surrounds a confident face as we shake hands ...
This bed and breakfast was formerly known as: Aan de Leien - Vandepitte


