Van Hercke Bed and Breakfast Ghent

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After catching up with work from school and just taking a few days to enjoy Florence, I was off to my next destination…Brussels!

We had found a great deal using Ryan Air and decided to jump on the offer.

We departed early from Florence by train in order to get to the airport in Pisa. After a quick transfer, we were there. The Pisa airport is very tiny, similar to Florence's airport. We checked in, and then waited ...

... the Gare Du Midi to pick up our car and had bad news. Luis realised that he had been stolen. He forgot to lock his baggage and someone has opened his bag during the night. 200€ were stolen from his wallet. We have to be more careful!. After that incident, we picked up or Megane Scenic, which I think is not the car we had paid for. Itīs a bit small and it isnīt the type of car we had booked in the Hertz web page. The clerk ...

... blue triangles on the balls. WE walked around there for a bit then went back. Since it was St. Patrick's day we wanted to go to an Irish Pub but both of the ones we found were jammed packed so instead we found a Flemish pub to go to. I got a Timmerman's framboise beer, and a Guinness, and a Stella. It was quite fun. I really wanted to try the flavored beer here because Belgium is famous for ...

... which allowed Brussels to export its golden-age characters to the world. "There isn't a minute that goes by where somewhere in the world there's not a TV showing a Smurfs cartoon." Today Brussels' comic culture is experiencing a resurgence as new artists continue to create cutting edge, experimental strips that compliment the nostalgia of its golden age classics. "That's why we started the Comic Fest," Alain comments. "To bridge ...

... discerning what the product in my hand was) Note: I am going to stay ignorant about the amount of grams that all of those add up to. - Along with the price. Beers we bought: (5 of us) 3 Primus Leffe 6.6% 2 Rodenbach 5% 2 Orval Brugs 2 Palm 3 Kwak 8% Malheur 12% Charles Quint 9% Bush 12% Duvel 8.5% Dutchess De Bourgaarden 8.5% - my favourite 2 Mort Subile Cherry 2 Mort Subile Strawberry Mort ...

... nice, crunchy, dense multi-grain bread. It was a strange presentation - served in a paper bag. I ordered some asparagus soup - I can't get enough of the white variety! But they forgot it! Instead, they brought out my eel stew first. I informed the waiter of the mistake so he took it away, only to return moments later and say that he never entered the soup order and dropped the stew back on my table. Not even an apology or an offer to ...

... water. Much to my surprise my dear novice travelers actually started changing their watches! We passed many Smart Cars manufactured by Mercedes and Swatch. These toy-like hybrid two-seaters are expensive, but so adorable. On arrival, we checked into the Novotel Amsterdam for 4 days of touring pleasure. We boarded our private glass topped boat and cruised through a labyrinth of canals. Amsterdam has 140 miles in all. Our wonderful guide Marilyn commentated on the picturesque ...

... some of which was from Perth and Pemberton. The next was a lunch bar called 'The Great Australian Bite' that was actually run by a dude from Claremont in Perth. He made a decent baguette, so I decided to chow down. While I was there, another Aussie chick walked in with a bag and opened it on the counter - what came out was the biggest jar of Vegemite I had ever seen - it must have been about one or two kilograms and it was a sight to behold. The dude behind the counter was ...

... once again. The flight was fairly uneventful and we were thankfully met by Marc (my old boss at deloitte) at the airport shortly after we arrived. With a big bag of dirty laundry and having not showered in several days we were happy to arrive at his amizing new house with perfect rain shower and washing machine. A few lazy hours of washing and relaxing and we set off for dinner in antwerp with his wife ...

Hey!!! So it is late Tuesday afternoon here, the weather has been pretty ******. Getting quite cold, and i am NOT enjoying it!! I want some warm weather!! But i hear it is starting to get colder in winnipeg too.. some comfort... My weekend adventures: Saturday me and a few people i work with were supposed to rent bicycles and go biking. We had phoned the shop and they said they opened at noon. So we meet there shortly after 12 to find the sign on the ...