Hotel Cammerpoorte Antwerp

Every two years, the weather man declared, there are strong gales in the south of England, the type that disrupt train services, housewives lose their laundry drying on the line, umbrellas get blown inside out - and even trees are blown down. This was the day that we chose to fly to England. It's OK, the gales will die down sometime in the afternoon, said the same weather man, but not after we've flown over to ...

... resembles an Italian Palazzo- the height inside was at least 6 meters high- this explains the size of a lot of his paintings. The light in the studio is/was very nice and subdued for painting. A short walk ...

... br><br>I have had no concept of time while in Europe, because my phone is never right. It is an International phone and always picks up the local carrier, the time is still never right. So, its' been dark about an hour now, maybe I should be on the lookout for a hotel. I am not going to spend much time here because I want to head back to Brugge tomorrow.

... around 7pm and made our way to the hotel. It seems that we had booked the hotel in Islamibad. It was quite a dodgy area. I am getting the impression that before we wander out at night in a new city, we should ask about what the area is like. We ended up finding a little (non-halal) place for dinner in another hotel up the road, after passing a car with its back window smashed in. We checked out the sites in the old area of town. Some pretty ...

... could do so he threw me in the lineup and I showed him I'm not just an awkward hurler, going 2 for 4 with 3 RBI and 2 BB's. So there you go to all the non believers especially Coach Sheridan! I haven't forgotten how to hit! But before I talk too much **** I will say that the team was ******, I mean we beat them 22-2. But hey it's fun to relive the old days.

It is now tuesday and i've been in brussels for three nights. I got my chocolate on the first day, i wasn't sure if i would find anything else to do. After all thqt is why i came here in the first place. I always thought that the belgians spoke ...belg-ish or or something. Turns out they almost all speak French. And some Flemmish. No joke. So i figure hey, why not learn ...

... Also, they like to serve these waffles, along with other desserts like ice cream and crepes, with little, tiny plastic silverware. They are very creative with it...my waffle fork (about 3 inches tall) also had a convient little blade on one of the tongs so you can cut your waffle. I also tried one of Belgium's 400 beers at a restaurant...took 2 sips, gagged, and passed the glass to Courtney. 2 ...

On our 4th day, we were going to Barcelona, therefore I have decided that on our 3rd day, we should not be too tired & hence just visited the Antwerp city again. We took a stroll in the Meir Shopping Street, this day was business day, so shops were opened & I bought a pinky scarf. Then we went to the Diamant Museum, since Antwerp is a Diamond City which produces 80% of cut/carved diamonds of the world. It was a simple modern ...

... with their comfort food at cheap prices. And beer! We had another great Belgian Beer called "Triple Karmeliet." Hit the spot this rainy day! Even on a rainy day, we can tell this is one of the most beautiful places we have been to yet with a canal meandering through the town, which means lots of bridges. In fact, "Brugges" means bridges in Flemish. There are also many horse &amp; carriages, swans, and buildings &amp; churches as old as the ...

... enough. Julie did buy some really wonderful jams though (see Pic 30). We found this market to be absolutely amazing. The two markets, Belgium and Germany, were so different from one another. The German market was something that would be seen at a Wisconsin State Fair, complete with bratwursts, beer, deep-fried anything, and ****** crafts. The Belgian market was something that we would see in the northshore of Chicago, with champaign, sautéed mushrooms, and original artwork and ...