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Ghent Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Ghent, Belgium
Return to Ghent
This is a top pick! Hi everybody, We haven't been traveling very much this summer and decided to take a long weekend in Ghent, Belgium. We've written about Ghent before (aka Gent)- it's one of our favorite places close to Amsterdam. It's normally about a 2 hour drive, ...
Beers and Chocolates
This is a top pick! ... put your clocks back one hour. Rather pathetic really, as this is England. On another note, we did have a good weekend, but Belgium really should re-consider putting on Christmas Markets as there is only one country that can do it right and that is ...
The alcohol run
This is a top pick! ... and empty. We bought a load of wine and cheese and then hit the road as we were heading for Ghent. So we followed the motorway, until the sign said Belgium. My mate Jono once said that it rains more in Belgium than any other European country and he isn't ...
Beers with Jono.
This is a top pick! ... . We had to leave before 8pm. Pity, as they close the rode every night and play the last post. We had one more night, in Belgium, then we jumped on a ferry and made our way back to England. We had been on the road for four months 2 days. It was quite ...
Australians, flavour of the month? year?
This is a top pick! ... stuff. Really cool place to be if you are young and out for a good, social time. I have come to the conclusion that Belgium is a dangerous country. The beer is too good to resist and the chocolate and fries are superb - Killing me sofly, with their ...
Belgian waffles!
This is a top pick! ... neared the outskirts of town, the expo center and an IKEA. That's right an IKEA, I had no idea I would see one in Ghent, Belgium. Heck for all I know they started here? I then explained to the tram conductor that I accidentally got on the wrong tram and ...
Off to Belgium!
... , warm, soft, and covered in toppings like strawberries and caramel, we all gobbled them down before you could've said "Belgium!"! After visiting some more street vendors, amazing smelling choclate shops, and another amazing church, I, Joe,was the ...
A prologue: Disneyland!
... was for Ben! We didn't want to hang around in Paris though, and headed on to Bruges the next morning to start exploring Belgium. The historic tourist town was as picturesque as I remembered from a trip there many years before, but it was so off-season ...
Our Final Travel Days
... and Joy took a day off. It was All Saints Day, and therefore a bank and store holiday here in Germany. Ghent, Belgium is about a 2 hour drive from Geinkirchen and unfortunately it was a rather rainy and grey day. Ghent has a couple of ...
Let's count down...
19 dagen nog en we zijn.... vertrokken! Voordat we in de (g/h)ectische laatste dagen terecht komen, hier alvast ons allereerste blogbericht. Effe testen, voordat we richting Zuid-Amerika vliegen om daar aan 4 fantastische maanden te beginnen. Voor de ...
Gent, de belles découvertes
Nous arrivons, affamés, à Gent. Joanie avait lu dans notre petit guide que les meilleurs gaufres, faites dans un moule vieux de 120 ans, étaient à l'établissement Max. Donc, nous nous dirigeons dans le but de nous offrir une de ces ...
Dos proyectos por favor
Ola! Nog steeds in België, maar toch al een up-date! We hebben namelijk meer informatie gekregen over ons vrijwilligerswerk. Nadat we onze top 3 hadden doorgestuurd, was het toch nog even afwachten wat dit nu exact zou inhouden. En eindelijk is het ...
A visit with an old friend
... welcome me into her home back in 2007, after I had finished my year in South Korea, in Beijing. - Before going to Ghent, I actually made a stop in the Musical Instruments Museum in Bruxelles. This is the largest collection of musical instruments in ...
Weeping willows wonderland
Stayed at the youth hostel here, more belgian beer and waffles I was a hapy ...
Day stop in Ghent
... interesting thing was Gravensteen Castle, which has a very cool collection of medieval weapons that Nick quite enjoyed. We also tried Ghent's famous purple gummy candies, which Nick liked but I thought tasted like old lady lavender soap. We were happy we ...
Mrs Tiggywinkle and co
... and I have a lovely bruise to add to my collection. Today I am forgoing the joys of the bike for a quiet day, but I will join the others for the town walk in Ghent. I am missing out on the chance to ride in the rain :) Happy Birthday Felicity...22 ...
Lesbian feest in Gent
November 4 We reached the hitch-hiking spot in Antwerp and manage to find a lift with a restaurant owner who was loaded with cheese. Then another ride later with an old man who brought us all the way downtown Gent and had several tips to tell about ...
Day 9: Belgium: Ghent was not on our schedule
We began our journey to Belgium on Friday after kiran's full day at work. we left at 7:30 pm. We were to drive 399km from Walldorf to Brusssels with no plans of visiting Ghent. they are wonderful to look at. ...
Pancakes, clock towers, and a creepy castle
... the canal, hundreds of people (mostly students - this is a big university town) were out enjoying the setting sun. Ghent is a neat place (especially with the castle), but overall, I liked the atmosphere in Brugge better. True, there are ...
The drive to succeed
... jam on the Paris Périphérique (peripheral road) as we headed north to Amsterdam (about 6 hours). We stopped in Gant (Gent), Belgium for a picnic lunch along the river. We were fortunate to find a parking spot in old town. It happened to be next to an ...
Belgica
Lot & Fie splitsen zich.. na 4 lange maanden enkel met elkaar opgescheept te zitten (hihi) Lotte's plannen: samen met Stijn een huisje zoeken in Brugge & werk zoeken.. In die volgorde of andersom? Wie zal het zeggen.. Fie’s plannen: ...
Lacs D'Heure
We stayed in the most remote aires in Belgium which is located by a reservoir and beautiful woodland all around. I have to say we have landed on our feet this time, the kids can ride their bikes around without us worrying where they are. The view from our ...
Ghent, Belgium :)
I can't stand writing with this french keyboard so I'm just going to post photos from our first day trip in Belgium which was to a place called Ghent. We were staying at a family's house in Brussels, Belgium, but we took a bunch of day trips to smaller, ...
Arrival In Belgium
... , so in the end we had the front of the bike in pieces. Managed in the end. Then off along the motorway toward Belgium. France was behind us within half an hour, then the joys of working out how Belgian service stations worked. Quickly arrived in Gent, ...
Ghent Festival!!!
In the US we spell it Gent but here they spell it Ghent. I will use there way since I am here. Ghent is a town about a half hour from Brugges. It is bigger and has a large student population. They have one of the worlds largest festival for 10 days at ...
Overnight in St. Lievens Esse
... night out of Brussels on a farm "somewhere between Brussels and Dunkirk." The well-kept Bed and Breakfast Kollebloem in St. Lievens Esse, Northwestern Belgium would qualify as this. Below are some pictures from around this beautiful Belgium ...
8th May – Brugge then to Gent (prounced Gant
... proving difficult. In the end we stopped at a petrol station to ask for help, the girl behind the counter was as always in Belgium, very helpful. I put this down to my charm and good looks more than anything. Well it was an opportunity to rub my ego the ...
Ghent is GOED (good)!
... ; Ladies, I'm telling you - know the exceptions are there to prove the rule, but the rule according to this discerning traveler is Belgium = eye candy. And fellas, I have to say, the Belgian girls aren't too shabby either. Lodewijk, being the ...