Monique Vermeire
Travel Blogs from Antwerp
Wandering Antwerp
... for lunch and headed into the main square with the cathedral and peeked inside, looked at the buildings around the square. As I wandered past the tourist office I noticed they had a historical walking tour starting in 10mins, it was only 8Euro so I signed up and went on a 2hr walking tour. Luckily there was only 1 other guy and he was from the US so the guide didn't have to say everything in French as ...
City of Hands
Today we visited a very new place called Antwerp, Belgium. Actually it is very old, with a large neat old church. The pipe organ dates back 300 years.
We went and had tea on the yacht with Roos's sister. Then we toured the city and saw a lot of old ...
Day trip to Brussels
... The tour guide said they expect a million people to come and view the carpet. It was amazing and with all the people I saw, I'm sure there were a million people easily! We didn't get a chance to go and observe from a higher view, but I'm sure you can always google it and get a good view. The pictures I took came out pretty good. You can also go to www.flowercarpet.be and it explains a lot about it.
We were informed that ...
Belgium
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The whole group took the metro to Carrefour (a big "Wal-mart" like store) for a class. We got to do some grocery shopping and buy a few things. I bought a loaf of bread, and two microwavable meals (one was spaghetti and the other has hamburgers. I ended up buying these couple things many times while my stay in Antwerp. They weren't the best but they still weren't too bad. They were cheap and easy to make so they worked out just great.
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Beautiful Cogels Osylei
... by, which is normally a good sign. My God was it packed when I went. It's sort of like a wham, bam, thank you m'am place to eat! The turnover of guests and tables was quick but the food was quite good. I had lamb chops, salad and fries. At least it was better than my mussels the night before.
I went for another walk and decided after a while to try the Irish Times, to see if their internet worked, as I wanted to check my emails on my ...