Crowne Plaza Hotel Antwerp

... wind dies down, honestly! We have six hours to wait in Heathrow, where we will buy stuff that's either cheaper or more familiar than stuff in Brussels, we will eat something (farewell weight watchers, knew my trousers wouldn't be baggy for long..), probably take the mickey out of English travellers in their football shirts and sit in the lounge and write on the blog.<br><br>Very excited about going to Thailand!!

... feet of the Olde Kerk (which is not unlike the leaning tower of Pisa); I parked on the edge of the canal and scarred myself enough to heavily use the emergency brake (see pics). The ...

... to pay for a reservation fee on Eurail is $15 euro for a very long train ride so we couldn't really understand this. When we got onto our train it was amazingly luxurious- complete with a full free meal and beverage service on an hour and a half train ride! Unfortunately we had already eaten and we couldn't figure out why we had to take this expensive luxury train- perhaps t was the time slot we chose. Anyway it was quite nice. When we checked back into ...

ORIENTATION WEEK (or more like 3 days) Orientation week, as you would think it would be, was a long 3 days full of lots of administrative stuff that took much longer than it needed to. It was full of Dean introductions, Faculty Welcomes, Campus Tours, blah, blah, blah. Although this was all very informative, it just took way too long! Thankfully I met some great people during orientation week to help make it go by faster. I will first ...

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Kui juba elame siin Belgia külje all, siis as might as well võime ka naaberriiki tundma õppida. Üheks järjekordseks avastuskohaks osutus seekord Antwerpen, kuhu on väga paras minna kasvõi üheks päevaks. Päevatripi sihtkohana oli teemantilinn Antwerpen lihtsalt täiuslik! Tekkis väga kodune tunne nii vanalinnas kui vee ääres. Okei, rongijaama ümbruses sabatit tähistavad juudid oli natuke ebatavapärane nähtus. Sattusime sinna täpselt lõuna ajal, mis tähendas, et nad olid teel s ...

... if you buy it from a newsagent than if you buy it on the tram - but beware, it is a 24 hour ticket and if you go past the time stamp the following day you will be up for a 37 euro fine.] Anyway - back to Central Station Den Haag. There is no tourist information office at the station, you have to go into the city centre, however it is closed on Sundays. There is another one at Central South station but that is also closed on Sundays. The ...

... chocolate and vanilla flavors along with nutella, banana, almond, a gingerbread flavor called Speculoos, something called straciatella, another called crochantino and the last was fig and almond flavored. Needless to say, we were completely stuffed. Next stop was the fry stand! I love vacation! You can eat all the **** in the world and not feel a bit guilty! We then went to a free music festival that was put on in front of the King's ...

... with a sauce w/ mayonaise/mustard base, but not sure. August 26, 2004 We hiked over to the Auberge de Jeunesse Jacques Brel hostel this morning in the rain. On the way, we stopped by the Royal Palace of Belgium, which seemed to be somewhat of a shrine to Beligan Royalty. In Belgium, the royalty still reigns, even today. Before coming to Europe, I didn't realize so many countries still had reigning royalty, other than Wales, which is the most ...