Off again
July 1, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Off on another adventure.
Left Flinders at midday. Had 4 hours to fill in at the airport before check-in at 6 pm. Then a 3 hour wait until take-off at 9 pm.
Then it will be 13 1/2 hours to DoHa (Read more
Exploring Doha airport
July 2, 2024 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
The flight wasn't too bad, actually. Had an empty seat beside me so I didn't feel cramped.
Got a wee bit of sleep.
The Doha airport is an adventure in itself.
Got a seated back, shoulder massage.Read more
Hop on hop off bus day
July 3, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
As always, a day on the HOHO bus is well spent.
Where's the European summer? It's cold and wet!! So a good day to be on a bus and going into buildings. Glad I brought my rain jacket.
Typical EuropeanRead more
The Atomium
July 3, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
One of the hop off stops is the Atomium. It's Brussels major tourist attraction. Built for an Expo in the 50's, it's quite an engineering feat, now housing and exhibition about the building of it andRead more
Language
July 3, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
There are 3 official national languages, French, Dutch and German .
Dutch in Flanders (north , close to Netherlands), French in Wallonia, (south, close to France), German in a small area somewhereRead more
A mediaeval market!!!
Jul 3–5, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
I do love a market, even more so if it's a mediaeval theme!!
And then found some handmade artisan Belgian chocolate 🍫!!
Happy birthday, Steve!!
Street art 🎨 in Brussels
July 3, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Walk around
July 3, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
My place
July 3, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
My home for the next few days, 9Hotel Central.
Very close to the train station and a few restaurants so very convenient.
Has a breakfast restaurant.
Most important to me, it has a kettle!!
It wasRead more
Bruges, Capital of chocolate 🍫
July 4, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Today is a guided tour of 2 towns in Flanders, North West of Brussels.
Here they speak Flemish, a dialect of Dutch.
Renowned for their mediaeval buildings. Very pretty.
Bruges is a 9th century city,Read more
More Bruges
July 4, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Swans are a special feature of this place.
Lots of artisan shops.
Toilet humour
July 4, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Back to "Spending a penny" or Euro.
Although here, they will even accept card!!
Ghent, Capital of beer
July 4, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Ghent, is a 7th century university city. Less "touristic". I thought it was even better than Bruges.
Beer was originally a way to purify water, as the water was undrinkable. There was even children'sRead more
Ghent, street art
July 4, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
There is an alley that artists are allowed to show their skills. Apparently, it can change daily. Artists are allowed to paint over other works.
Most of these photos are from that alley.
Plus a fewRead more
Belgian food culture
July 4, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
To have been immersed in Belgian culture, according to our guide you need to have done chocolate, beer, frites (fries and DO NOT call them French Fries! Bad blood there 😳) and waffles. Did them allRead more
Chocolate
July 4, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Dinant, home of the Saxophone
July 5, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Yesterday we went North-west where we were speaking Dutch, today South-east where we speak French.
Dinant is a city in Belgium’s Wallonia Region. It’s on the banks of the Meuse River and backedRead more
Luxemburg
July 5, 2024 in Luxembourg ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Luxembourg is a small European country, surrounded by Belgium, France and Germany. It’s mostly rural, with dense Ardennes forest and nature parks in the north, rocky gorges of the Mullerthal regionRead more
Luxemburg 2
July 5, 2024 in Luxembourg ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
We drove another 1 and a 1/2 hours from Dinant to Luxembourg City. We did a guided walk around. When that was finished we had free time, so at 2.45 I had lunch at the oldest pub in Luxembourg, also itRead more
The Ommegang Pageant of Brussels
July 5, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Wowwee!! I was in heaven!
So this explains the market 2 days ago, they call it a Renaissance Fair. Also, I saw some folky gear parked in a carpark and wondered what that was all about.
Wednesday 3 &Read more
Train to Antwerp
July 6, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Today I had a sleep in 👏👏 then caught the 11.31 train to Antwerp/Anterpen/Anvers. Only an hour's journey.
When reading up about Antwerp and what was worth seeing, the train station was top ofRead more
My new place, Citybox
July 6, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
This is my new digs.
Again, I seemed to choose a funky kind of accommodation. It has a computer screen check-in thing, or a human reception. I chose the human.
It has a day restaurant, I had lunchRead more
Antwerp Walkabout
July 6, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
I was too early for check-in so I gave them my luggage and went exploring.
People everywhere on this Saturday. It's so windy it's like being back on Flinders!!
Lots of buskers about, including aRead more
Cycle tour of Antwerp
July 7, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Took a guided city tour on bicycle 🚲 today. 3 hours but only 22 km. Lots of stopping and chatting, listening to the guide. Very interesting. Good to be back on the bike.
The guide said he had seenRead more
Train from Antwerp to Amsterdam
July 7, 2024 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Afternoon train to Amsterdam. 2 hours-ish.


























































































































































































































































































































































































TravelerSafe travels, have a great time