Tourist Hotel Antwerp

... the true vibe of the city is. You form good friendships and begin to feel like a guest in the community rather than just a tourist looking in from the sidelines. People respect that you are giving their city a good amount of time so they open up to you ...

... did seem like half of Europe was under construction.  We got lost so often because of road works, and half of our tourist attractions either were having construction works in front of them, or were having renovations done to them. Finally we got to ...

... a scramble for seats and I get bad motion sickness on a bus. So luckily that didn't happen. When I got to Antwerp at 1.45pm, I went to the Tourist Information, to find out which was the best tram to take to my hotel on Emiel Banningstraat. The lady there ...

... the most ugly diamond settings I had ever seen here!   All in all, I wandered about 3 days around Antwerp.  One day I met another tourist named Jimmie, who was sitting at a park where I plopped down.  We ended up wandering around all ...

... other people and without any action. Because we had this time, we were able to really appreciate the beautiful architecture in Antwerp. There were some Christmas markets in the Grote Markt and when they opened later in the day we wandered through them. ...

... to pass by the diamond museum on our way to rubenhuis. Decided to enter and learn more about diamond making since antwerp is the reputed diamondland. Audio guides shaped like a telephone receivers are provided. No photography allowed though. The displays ...

... one, and I mean no one was around. SHIT, it was the national holiday of Belgium and everything was closed, EVEN THE TOURIST SHOPS!! I walked around for a bit, saw some the monutments that you didn't need to enter and headed back to the hostel. Since ...

... soon. But finally, after much procrastination, here is our trip to the Ardennes for my b-day and to Antwerp for Julie's b-day... ============================== BELGIUM FOR SBK'S B-DAY It was my b-day weekend and we decided that following work ...

... Nouveau area in Berchem. When I was doing research on Antwerp before I left, I'd spotted the Cogels Osylei area on the official Antwerp tourism website and thought I'd definitely have to go see that. So, I headed off anyway and got the 8 tram to Berchem. ...

... crashed in 18 or 19th century and the town had no money to develop. In the 20th century it was rediscovered and became a tourist hub because of its pristine architecture and gothic era buildings.  It started off on an interesting foot. As we were ...

... the requisite walk along the top of the old fortress wall.    THE RHINE AND MOSEL RIVERS On our way back to Antwerp from Southeast Germany our timing was such that our stopover spot happened to be in Bingen Germany, the sister city of ...

... felt like I was on the clock, rushing to see as much as I could before I had to leave. Here there were no major tourist destinations, literally no buildings worth pulling my camera out for, and no rush to get anywhere! I also got to really experience the ...

... is so large and more integrated  into the neighborhood, that there are also many many others walking through.  Since there is also a major tourist site, the oude kierk (Old Church), you can't help but walk through if you are going to see the Church. ...

... . After that we went and visited Romerplatz, Frankfurt’s town square in the old town section.  And, although Antwerp is famous for its square "Grootemarkt", Frankfurt’s far outshone it regarding architecture.  It was beautiful, with ...

... the favour. Off we went for the last driving leg on our trip. We snacked on ribs as we went stopping at Antwerp for a look. Elisha found a waffle and Belgium chocolate shop, apparently this waffle was the best one with cream and strawberries. We did ...

... in some carpark where the only building in sight is a McDonald's. I only have 1.5 gilders (sp?) left, which won't buy me much. Some loud-talking Belgian girls got on in Antwerp, which made sleeping tough, especially as they were sitting right behind ...

... arrived to Brugge railway station about 9,30 am. The Market Square, which was our first target, lies about 1 Km. A good number of tourist  were taking the same route, but the way is very easy and without any lost: going up the Oostmeers street, ...

... , there are literally diamond jewelers and jewelry stores side by side in a row down the street. Another interesting part of Antwerp, surrounding the Central train station area, is the Orthodox Jewish district. And we were staying smack bang in the middle ...

... pastries to start the day. The 'rents and I headed out to Brussels this morning, about a 50 minute drive from our hotel in Antwerp.  We were able to get parking not too far from the tourist areas.  The Grand Place is a large cobblestone square ...

... to have a pharmacy, which Eguisheim wasn't, so we stopped to get my mom some cold medicine which she desperately needed. We stopped into tourist info and got - you guessed it - a self-guided walking tour. Just as we left the office, it began to rain. ...