Monday 19th September to Friday 23rd
September 2016
We flew from Venice to Brussels on Monday and then caught a
train to Ghent. It took us all day and we didn’t arrive at the hostel in Ghent
until 5pm (there are lots of tram works happening in Ghent so following the instructions
to the hostel was challenging!!).
Spent Tuesday doing a self-guided walking trip of Ghent in
which we visited three churches (not Andy’s favourite), went on a tour of the
Belfry (both our favourite) and also toured the castle (over priced). We also
spent a fair bit of time getting lost but now have Ghent pretty much covered.
On Wednesday we went to Bruges which is smaller and more
beautiful than Ghent. Went on a canal trip which was excellent and then walked
and walked through the old town and along the canals. Managed to fortify
ourselves with pastries, chocolate and beer (following the brewery tour). Had a
great day.
Thursday was spent in Brussels, where we couldn’t quite
decide what to do so visited the Grand Place or Grote Markt first and then went
to the Botanical Gardens. This turned out to be a good choice because the
gardens are well out of town so we had a long bus trip and saw a lot of
Brussels.
Ghent:
Bruges:
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| Could this be Morgan? |
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| Youth Hostel |
Brussels:
That bridge looks awesome. love the botanic garden shots. I'm very jealous
ReplyDeleteFrom Gary - In Brussels you missed one of the best historical military museums I have been in! From Dale - You ate chocolate and pastries, what else matters!
ReplyDeleteBelgium looked lovely. It wasn't even raining! Not like Adelaide which is nearly washed away. Love to all. Mum.
ReplyDeleteBelgium looked lovely. It wasn't even raining! Not like Adelaide which is nearly washed away. Love to all. Mum.
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