Ghent

Late morning start, Charlie and i walked to european part of brussels and had a good italian lunch right outside the european union buildings. Relaxed there until Raquel found us and charlie gave us a small tour of all the European headquarters in brussels. Then onto some nice parks. Ubered to his car and he drove us to Ghent to Mike's house for some pre festival drinks and snacks.

The Ghent festival is insane. 200,000+ people a day attending. Its a 10 day, 24/7 party. It literally never stops going until the final hour on the 10th day. 12 atages, djs, street parties, its all just so beyond what i can describe.

And Ghent might now be my favourite medieval city. Its soooo amazing. Towers, castles, cathedrals and canals all over. I had no idea. Constantly picking my jaw off the ground.

Mike gave us a tour of ghent and then we ate at a very traditional belgian restaurant. Wim also made the drive down to join us. He's such a nice guy too.

After supper, we found a fun concert area where we hung out for a few hours. Then wandered through the crowds and different party areas. Eventually Raquel decided she should get back to Brussels because she's going to Amsterdam in the morning. And Wim was super sweet to wait until she wanted to leave and then drove her all the way back to brussels. I think they departed at 2am.

Charlie and Mike took me to a small packed bar in the middle of the chaos and we danced there until i had to get out of there. I think it was 430am. My 20 minute walk to my apartment turned into an hour walk because i got stuck in a crazy massive party crowd and could barely move. Annoying but definitely a unique experience too.Okumaya devam et