Harmony Bed & Breakfast
Travel Blogs from Antwerp
Looking at the window of the Cathedral
... 8211; wooden furniture, lovely windows, a flowerbox with bright red flowers, and looking directly at one of the stained glass windows of the Cathedral! The area around our accommodation was full of cobblestone streets, beautiful buildings, each with their own particular character.
We have found the buildings in Europe so far to be sadly dirty, and Antwerp in particular. They are partway through a major cleaning of the Cathedral though, so ...
Sculptures in the park
Middleheimmuseum, just outside Antwerp, has a beautiful park full of sculptures, with a good mix from old masters - including Rodin and Rubens - to more modern work like an installation with strings running from tree branches to a central pole with a small engine pulling and releasing the strings slowly, giving the strange impression of the strings breathing.
I keep ...
Fred Ferkles
... going down - his 'n' hers leather trousers, some fantastic mullets and some great stonewashed denim (and not in a trendy way Obvs). Also managed to pick up some Fred Ferkles - Percy Pigs in Deutsch form for the journey on to Antwerp.
Arrived here yesterday and headed out from our very swanky B&B to have a wander. More 'quaint' old buildings ...
Arriving in Brussels
... brewed beers for 1 Euro each until midnight, and were able to see a fantastic light show put on by the city on/at their Town Hall. We loved every second of it.
Steve and I had heard so much about Belgian beer and were both very eager to try as many different kinds as we could get our hands on. The pub that we went to not only sold two different brands of Belgian beer for 1 Euro each, but sold about 10 other brands for 2 Euros! So we were able to try a ...
Thrown Hands, Old Homes and Black Clothes
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Erwin and I head out to the waterside to check out the excavation sites once again. Erwin mentioned it when we were discussing mps and history, and also spoke of the chance at having a tour of the site, as they are an important part of Antwerp’s history and really quite interesting and unknown. He has gone above and beyond the call of duty on it, calling up the archaeology department about it all and arranging for me to have my own little tour thing tomorrow morning. ...