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well, lets continue the misadventures that happened during our trip, lets go to Ghent! :D
ok t'was a cloudy afternoon when we went to Ghent, i was expecting the whole day to be sunny but as we went there thru train, we can see scattered dark rain clouds in the horizon towards our destination :(... oh well, lets just make the most of the trip :D
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after exiting the train station, we took the local tram, which was operated by de lijn, dropped off near Veldstraat st. and just wandered around, it was noon time, so we headed for a local sandwich shop for our lunch. There's a lot of Architecture you can see in Ghent, old buildings, facades, old beautiful churches and a castle, and some choclate shops too :P it was drizzling that afternoon as we have assumed it to be, clouds were gray all of a sudden as we were wandering around Ghent.
The main landmark in Ghent is the Graslei and Korenlei, they are the two main quays in Ghent, they say in the olden times, the houses and buildings that can be found in those quays are used for trading. Boat rides nowadays can take you along the canal.. but we did not try one. on the food trip side, we tried the Amadeus restaurant in the Patershol near the Gravensteen ( which was also know as the castle of the counts ) which serves eat all you can Ribs! after two full slabs i think.. i refused the third offerings of more ribs of the waiter :D also tried a local pub there... forgot the name, but it located near the underground parking in the Center of Ghent, we tried the large humongous glass of Kwak beer, and before you can try it, you must give them 1 of your shoes that they will hang it somewhere so that you will not run off with their special large glass of theirs. :D
another first experince in Ghent is the hail.. it hailed and we took cover under st Michaels bridge Graslei side, the hail was twice as large a a rock salt :D
Ghent's a great city,.. lots of history in it... you can actually wander around the and cover the whole city within a day... Anda colleuge of ours showed that Ghent is ranked number 7 in the lonely planets best cities for 2010 :D lucky me! :D
Ingatz to All! :D
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