Adriaenssens Antwerp
Vinçottestraat 55 Antwerp, Antwerpen, 2140, Belgium
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Antwerp and Zeeland
... freezing cold! We had an interesting moment when a delivery truck was parked on the narrow cobbled street where the carriage was to go past.
Our coachman refused to try and steer his horses around the truck insisting there was not enough room for the carriage to get past. The truck driver insisted there was, but from up where we were sitting we had a birds view on the gap, and the way the top of the truck was leaning, it would definitely have hit ...
Welcome to Belgium
... metre stretch of road.
Late into Antwerp. Checked into place, so-so. But good for what it cost, and close to where I need to be. Walked up Kerkstraat, one of the few spots in Antwerp I was able to identify in my grandfather's pictures from the war.
Found a bank machine finally! Then walked up to my roommate's friends' place. Very nice couple, we chatted for quite a while and ate. Had my first real Belgian beer. Very ...
Another Last, Another First, Another Train
... red umbrella, usually still rolled up, sitting above our heads. I decline.
Erwin and Valentine share a one-bedroom apartment on the first floor in what was once described as a rather dangerous dirtier part of the city. I can’t see that – I see a common courtyard for kids to play basketball, big green trees surrounding, and bars along some underneath areas. It’s not until later Erwin mentions the drug dealers and the unwelcome squatters (unwelcome ...
The mussels from Brussels
I'm spending a week in Belgium with my uncle. All I really needed was accommodation. What I ended was receiving was five star treatment.
My arrival in Brussels was relatively late in the afternoon but my uncle took me out at night, showing me around the city. It was beautiful. Very old and sophisticated. Brussels is a city of international delegates so ...
Very late entry but nevertheless the last!
... men in this community and even some of
our National Staff coworkers have several wives and children under
their charge. They even have the right and power to reject their
women if they commit severe mistake like adultery for example. As you
can see, Congolese women still have to fight for their rights in the
most remote regions... Hopefully in the cities, like Lubumbashi,
ideas are evolving slowly towards modern ideas as women are getting
more and more ...


