Diamond Princess Hotel Antwerp

... Dutch all weekend (except for a few times when things would be in French, which was a more welcome sight than I would have ever thought), I can't tell you how familiar it felt to be back in French train stations! While I was reading a history assignment on Monday night, I realized that I had just been to the building they were discussing the day before in Brussels. I
love studying abroad! I can also say that I have already finished my box of chocolates ...

Hoi lieve vrienden & familie,

Vanop deze blog willen we graag contact met jullie houden tijdens onze grote reis. De bedoeling is dat je hier sfeerbeelden van de plekken die we passeren kan bekijken en onze impressies lezen. Om het boeiend te maken, is het onze bedoeling steeds een stukje over de geschiedenis en bijzonderheden van de plekken mee te geven die we bezoeken. Hopelijk kan alzo iedereen op het thuisfront onze avonturen volgen en wegdromen bij onze ...

... capitol of the world. Great, just what I needed, bringing my girlfriend to the diamond capitol. She was the one who made the booking by the way. I just nodded my head and said "yes dear" when she told me we were going to Antwerp instead of Brussels. We walked to the center of the city and sipped some wine in near the old cathedral. Then we walked down to the river and sat by the dock watching the water roll by and enjoyed the view.

... opinion? Talking about them. The reason we had to go back to Belgium was the wedding of my best friend: Ageeth, aka as Springmuis or SM. Springmuis is my local dialect a 'young lively girls' and that is what she is and that is the nick name I have for her. She is Dutch, just turned 30 and my best girlfriend. Michael is German and by best boyfriend (apart from my Hubby ...

... bilingual - French/Belgian (Flemish is that the same thing?). South east of Brussels is is Wallonia and northwest is Flanders I believe. I may have mixed them up, I am really **** at this. I can't check my info at the moment. One the northwest is Flemish speaking and the southeast French. The five things they are most famous for are likely all very bad for you. Waffles, chocolate, beer, french fries/frites, and les moules/mussels. You can get chocolate on ...

... throw of England and I forget to watch the petrol gauge. we had seen a sign that said petrol in 5 KM - so as some form of self punishment I decided to walk it instead of meekly phoning for roadside assistance. An hour and a half later - we were on the move again. What a plonker. Eurotunnel and then home at 1am - all safe and sound. The end part two of the year. Only five months left!!!!

... a really good arabic guy. We went to bed and awoke for our checkout. The next morning, we said sad goodbye´s to the ladies, and will possibly meet them in Prague?!?! Now we are in the Indian part of Brussels where the drivers are bad and cannot lay off the horn! It´s a good time. Now we´re off to the city centre for dinner, then back to our €30 a night hotel for an early bedtime. Then off to Paris tomorrow for the 11:40 high speed train. See you in old Parrì! Cheers!

Well yesterday we spent the day in Antwerp, Belguim. It was not quite what I expected on arrival. We had to walk about a mile to our b and b from the train station and no joke, we passed about 20 jewelers and they were all right next to each other, selling the same exact thing, for the same exact price. We ended up staying in a bed and breakfast with a gay couple who were very nice and accommadating to ...

... This is a really local place with a great selection of Belgian brews. I ordered the Ename, a beer I had tried at the Belgian Beer Paradise event we went to in Brussels with Chris and Melanie during the summer. Julie tried the Karmelite, another favorite from our summer trip to Brussels. For the second round, I tried the Bush Noel, a special x-mas beer with a ton of alcohol in it. By the time we left the Oude Arsenaal, I was feeling pretty good. We had been having a great time ...

... drive if you are already in that area of the country: There are three or four breweries in Watou. All were closed to tours, but Chris walked into the warehouse at St. Bernadus and discovered that it was possible to buy beer direct from the warehouse (at factory direct prices), so Melanie went in to see what was there. We started talking to the guy who was running the warehouse, asking questions, etc., and at one point he mentioned that they were ...