Antwerp Dreams Bed & Breakfast
Begijnenvest 20 Antwerp, Antwerpen, 2000 , Belgium
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Wet day in Antwerp
Today's day trip was to Antwerp – a city in north of Belgium. Unfortunately our train from Dordrecht (a connecting city in the Netherlands) to Antwerp was cancelled and we had an hour to spare in that little city – the buildings were nice and old but there weren’t too many shops and it was cloudy and windy.
The top attraction in Antwerp is its central station – trains arrive in the station on ...
Where are we again?
Rolling into Belgium, if it weren`t for some flags posted, I would not have known where Holland ends and Belgium begins. It is a flat and somewhat plain landscape covered with plenty of small farms and villages here and there. Off to he side of the autobahn, you could see one of the highspeed trains flying down the track at 230+ km per hour, creating a monsterous swirl cloud of snow behind it. I wish I had ...
Another Last, Another First, Another Train
... in full swing to fully understand.
Chinatown is back near the central station, and very small in comparison to that in Melbourne. While they do seem to exist everywhere, the quality and quantity of goods varies from country to country. Even Malaysia has Chinatown. Erwin digs through the freezers looking for the bits he needs for the recipe he found online- he loves to cook, which makes this some much more exciting. To the end of the street we come across a square. ...
Brussels by Belgians
... made of a dough that you tear chunks off of, not a batter you ladle, like in the US. They really are that good and they don't need toppings.
Mannekin Pis would have been anti-climactic, had I been expecting much. It's basically a (tiny) statue of a boy peeing. I'd seen pictures, but didn't realize how small the statue was. Plus, it's behind a big fence so you can't get that close. Eh, I got my picture and moved on.
Neuhaus was ...
C'mon keep on moving...
so just like that i am now in Antwerp, it is really cold outside and i am looking forward to the day the sun and i meet again oh how it will be glorious!
This morning i woke up early again enjoyed a great breakfast including bananas and oranges and then took for a wonder around town before i had to check out and would be stuck with all my bags.
the city is really scenic the central plaza ...

