Ambassadeur Ostende
Wapenplein 8A Ostende, West Flanders, 8400, Belgium
Check Rates and Availability
mm/dd/yyyy
mm/dd/yyyy
Travel Blogs Nearby
Final Morning and Final Thoughts
... for the Eurostar, future visitors! The train is packed, so we spend the hour journey sitting on our suitcases by the doorway, and we disembark with our fellow Brit passengers at the correct station (much to our relief).Time for a final hot chocolate – alas, not a beer – at Brussels and it’s finally time to board the Eurostar back to London…
Probably ...
Day 3 – Anniversary walks, carriage rides an
... like a dog blanket (yes, with images of paw prints and bones on it…). I am sure it had never been used to swaddle a small pooch, but we left it on the opposite bench just in case… We had a separate ‘commentator’ from the driver, who spent the whole journey conversing (in Flemish? Dutch? German?) with the driver, with just the odd “and on your left is…” interspersed into his conversation. It’s a good job ...
Fire Exhibit
On the last day of the fire exhibit, Martine was busy helping her injured friend around the house, so Steve and I decided to go out on our own. We first ate at a yummy Italian restaurant and then walked around the city checking out some cool sites until it got dark.
There are thick metal poles lining most of the roads here that block cars from driving up onto the side walk. While walking down a regular old cobblestone road, we came upon one post which looked a ...
Aaah, Brugge
... get that deed accomplished as soon as possible so we could get on with our adventure for the rest of the day, and while we were on that task, I also noticed a hair dressers salon, and that brings up the other task of getting your hair cut while away from home, which can be an experience in itself, especially when the barber speaks no english! Fortunately he spoke some english and french so I managed to get my hair done, and not to worse for wear, ...
From a Brewery to a Nunnery .. Go Figure
... the French troops hanging on the walls.
In the 15th century Brugge reached it's pinnacle becoming the place to go for exotic merchandise.
So there you have it.
Now Brussels is a completely different place. I had my first mini meltdown driving in at rush hour. The ring road here has a center tunnel, a middle road and a outside road (last two divided by a boulevard). People cutting in front of me and ...



