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The Diamond Capital of the World...
... in Antwerp, I felt like I had had enough. I would like to spend more time here and even experience the night life and get to know the locals. It's just got that cool, young, hip vibe. It's one of those places that when I think of Europe, I automatically think of Antwerp.
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Antwerp, red light district and Bornem
... we cycled through an old brickworks..see picture.. Luckily, there was a bridge not too far away, which allowed us to pick up the route without too many problems. It was very quiet today as we learned it was some kind of holiday. This meant not much open and also not even much bike traffic. Maya's friends from Malawi who live in Antwerp are away for the long weekend, so we were unable to connect. Anyway, back to the route along the canal. We went through the town of ...
Belgium
... morning I got up to say goodbye to Kai, Izzy and Mia, who had to go to work and holiday care. It was sad because I'm not sure when I'll see them again but hopefully it will be soon! After they'd left, I packed up my bag and headed back into the old part of Antwerp to try and visit the Tintin shop again! This time it was open, and I had fun looking at all the T-shirts and souvenirs. Then I caught a tram to the central station, where I caught a train to Amsterdam.
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Beer, beef, listerine....mmmm Brussels
... like carbonated fruit juice. At one point, I headed up to the top of a parking structure to see the Atomium (a monument with 9 steel balls connected to represent shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times). While taking the elevator to the 10th floor roof of the parking garage, my iPod once again hit the right song. Fearless by Taylor Swift came on as I stepped out to take in the 360 degree views of the city. That song has become ...
Diamonds & Brussels (not sprouts!)
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Small world stories:
Boarding our plane in London to Amsterdam, we saw the luggage tag on the hand bag of the man in front of us and saw that he was from Charleston. David saw that it was his political science prof from his undergrad days at EIU--John Faust! Then at one of our meals on board ship, I learned that I have a mutual acquaintance with one of my shipmates--Sharon Hall--a former secretary at EIU's Lumpkin's College of Business. She moved in the early ...
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