Off again
 1 juillet 2024, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 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 (En savoir plus
Exploring Doha airport
 2 juillet 2024, Australie ⋅ ⛅ 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.En savoir plus
Hop on hop off bus day
 3 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ 🌧 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 EuropeanEn savoir plus
The Atomium
 3 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ 🌧 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 andEn savoir plus
Language
 3 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ 🌧 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 somewhereEn savoir plus
A mediaeval market!!!
 3–5 juil. 2024, Belgique ⋅ ☁️ 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
 3 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
						Walk around
 3 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
						My place
 3 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ☁️ 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 wasEn savoir plus
Bruges, Capital of chocolate 🍫
 4 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ⛅ 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,En savoir plus
More Bruges
 4 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
						
								Swans are a special feature of this place. 
Lots of artisan shops.
				
			
Toilet humour
 4 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
						
								Back to "Spending a penny" or Euro. 
Although here, they will even accept card!!
				
			
Ghent, Capital of beer
 4 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ⛅ 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'sEn savoir plus
Ghent, street art
 4 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ☀️ 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 fewEn savoir plus
Belgian food culture
 4 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ⛅ 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 allEn savoir plus
Chocolate
 4 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
						Dinant, home of the Saxophone
 5 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ☁️ 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 backedEn savoir plus
Luxemburg
 5 juillet 2024, 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 regionEn savoir plus
Luxemburg 2
 5 juillet 2024, 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 itEn savoir plus
The Ommegang Pageant of Brussels
 5 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ☁️ 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 &En savoir plus
Train to Antwerp
 6 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ☁️ 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 ofEn savoir plus
My new place, Citybox
 6 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ 🌬 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 lunchEn savoir plus
Antwerp Walkabout
 6 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ 🌬 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 aEn savoir plus
Cycle tour of Antwerp
 7 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ☁️ 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 seenEn savoir plus
Train from Antwerp to Amsterdam
 7 juillet 2024, Belgique ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
						Afternoon train to Amsterdam. 2 hours-ish.


























































































































































































































































































































































































VoyageurSafe travels, have a great time