Holiday Inn Express Gent Ghent

Travel Blogs from Ghent

Crashing dorm rooms

A travel blog entry by matt_l

Didn't wake up as late, but I had something important to do today; go to the post office to mail some stuff to my sister so I wasn’t lugging around a bunch of shirts and coats I didn’t need, and the vinyl I obtained from getting damaged. Oh, did I not mention the vinyl? At the hostel in Berlin, someone had sent a vinyl to someone, but it got returned to the return address (the hostel), and the sender wasn’t there anymore. ...

Belgian waffles!

A travel blog entry by extremelife

This is a top pick!

Sharon gave me the keys to her apartment in Ghent which was really awesome of her. She told me the street name and the number of her apartment but not the actual building I was suppose to be looking for. Well first of all when I got to Ghent I walked out of the train station and got on the tram which I soon realized was going the wrong direction as we neared the outskirts of town, the expo center and an IKEA. That's right an IKEA, I had no idea I would see one in Ghent, Belgium. Heck for ...

Ghent & Goats

A travel blog entry by chipnputt

... to Medieval Times....Not the restaurant in Southern California. We trekked up another bell tower 300 ft up, only to enjoy a musical bell carillon. The day was beautiful and we could see forever. It was also very cold....44 degrees and wind. We also came across a medieval castle and toured through it. After seeing the instruments of torture used, we would not liked to ...

Hmmmm Waffles and Chocolate. and Belgium.

A travel blog entry by stepownk90

... is no easy task. Luckily, we drafted Jimmy for the weekend and he can speak french really well. Bara swag Jimmy, bara swag. We arrived in Brussels around 8 or 9 and couldn't find a place to eat.... until we found SNACK. Let me tell you something about snack. It's awesome. We got this kebab/burrito/pita thingy that actually had fries INSIDE of it. And it was only 3.50 euros. aka success. Afterward we stopped ...

Hostel Boat in a College City

A travel blog entry by mikepsilve

... their college by wearing clothing that said Gent on it. It was really cool to see a college town in a foreign country.

We went back to the hostel boat and Rick headed off to bed. I stayed in the chill room for a little then went to bed too. Our hostel room consisted of all older people who were in Gent on business. Gent wasn’t really a touristy part of Belgium. It is located right in between Brugg ...