Scandic Antwerpen
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Chips!
... yesterday walking around Antwerp. It has a different to Brussels, the two are hard to compare. There seems to be a more multicultural population here, and much much less tourists, which was great. There is one main shopping street called Meir, full of people and expensive shops. It was nice to sit there and relax while watching people pass by. I continued to the north bank of the river, using a 500+m ...
Final night in Antwerp
... union for the University of Antwerp). De Prof was a college bar. I didn't mind the place too much, but it wasn't exactly the best bar in the world. This is mainly because of the bathroom. The bathroom there often had a foul odor, and it was unisex (I don't think that would go over to well in the U.S.). We enjoyed a particular shot there. It was called Blue Thrill. I think my favorite beer of the whole trip was one only found in Antwerp; it was called De Koninck.
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A city i can't bear to leave
... we made our way to the indicated eurolines station at vanstalen straat. When we reached there, it wasnt a bus stop but a closed eurolines office. :S
We started to ask around and they directed us to the centraal station. So there we go and we couldnt find a single ****. The security guards at the station directed us back to the office. Time was ticking and we panicked. Another round of direction asking and they directed us back to the centraal station again. ...
Disrupted arrival in Antwerp
... the city would have been desolate.
I was pretty hungry by this stage and needed food. I'd spotted a steakhouse earlier on my wanders and decided to try the mussels in white wine sauce, with bread, chips and salad. My mouth started to water when I saw that on the menu. So I went in there and sat down at a table by the wall. There was another table right beside me, which was against a pillar. Five minutes after I sat down and ordered, this man came ...
Brussels after Brugge...
... Vieux cheese. Beer was one of the best beers I've had and the cheese was awesome. Similar to the cheese at de Garre.
Next I had a Oud Beersel Gueuze and some Gruyere Augros Sel cheese.
The lambic and cheese didn't go together as well as the tripel did. Plus the cheese isn't as creamy as the gouda and more of a sweet and salty sensation with grains of salt in the cheese.
The sharpness of the cheese made the lambic sweeter ...
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