Blogs from Antwerp, Antwerp Province, Belgium, Europe

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‘”To eat ethnic food in the place that gave life, and to immerse oneself in the history and culture of that place, can transform an otherwise mundane meal into an extraordinary experience. “ ( Benning J, 2010) Belgium is famous for its many types of cuisines. I really enjoyed my stay here in Belgium since we ate authentic Belgian Waffles, Belgian Fries and Belgian Chocolates. Most of the Cuisines that I tried were from random restaurants, cafes and food stand ups. I did not anymore researched on what would be the best one since I think it is all the same, so I picked the restaurant/ cafe which will be convenient for my walking. Luckily all of the foods that I have tasted were really good. While walking in the shopping district of Antwerp, Belgium, I ... read more

So recently i found out that the nickname that i used for this blog Nomadic matt is trademarked.... huge design flaw for the website to allow someone to create a name that they cant use, spend alot of $$$ to have business cards made with the name of my blog so that everyone can keep tabs on me. SO UNBELIEVABLY INCONVENIENT!!! So Travel Blog what am i supposed to do with 200 business cards i left in the states and the other 250 that i have in my posseson, throw them away? order new cards and now pay to have them shipped overseas?? More $$ that i do not have... perfect thanks... So with that my new nickname is FUNomadic-matt, peps in oakton if you wouldnt mind just mentioning that to the VIP clients that will ... read more

SEE ENGLISH VERSION BELOW 2 diciembre 2011 Nos levantamos pronto, no muy muy pronto, pero para nada tarde, y desayunamos. Marie tenía que volver a Francia, y yo proseguía mi viaje, así que después de bajar el equipaje al coche nos despedimos. Al estar yo ya solo, me cambié de alojamiento. La habitación del hotelito de la rue Royale la sustituí por una cama en dormitorio compartido de un albergue en una calle perpendicular: El hostal Van Gogh. Y del hostal atravesé todo el centro de Bruselas, haciendo alguna foto por el camino, hasta la estación de Midi, y encontrar el lugar de donde salen los autobuses que van al aeropuerto de Charleroi. Me dio la sensación de que era un lugar algo inseguro por las noches. Desde la estación centro, tomé un tren hasta Amberes. ... read more

The last city we visited in Belgium was Antwerp. A small can compact heart with a large square overlooked by a impressive Stadhuis. From every available space flew an EU country flag. In the middle of the square was a baroque styled fountain. Impressive but not to my taste. Antwerp was on the River Scheldt a large wide and muddy river. There were the usual merchants houses with steep rooves and immaculate brickwork. One of the most interesting features of the city was the museum which was the home of printing. Some years ago we watched a programme on BBC2 narrated by Stephen Fry who visited the Plantin Moretis museum and this was put on the list of things to do. It holds the oldest surviving printing press in the world complete with sets of dies ... read more

Belgium boy meets NY girl in Antwerp. This is how you can discribe the start of our relationship. After a year we decided to live together in the heart of Antwerp. Ana is working as a shoe-designer for New York company and is passionate about fashion and Thomas is a native Belgium that enjoys great food. It’s natural for us to create this blog where fashion, traveling experiences and great food comes together as we call it in a tasty stew. We would like to accent our blog about our beautiful city –Antwerp since we realized that finding information for local crowd and tourists about Fashion and food in Antwerp is pretty hard. We are going to mix good food and fashion together in our blog Antwerp Stew. Of course we also travel around the world ... read more

Hallo iedereen... Hier staan we weer! Met een even klein hartje als in September 2008 sta ik op het punt het vliegtuig op te stappen naar het onbekende. Ik vertoon weer dezelfde symptomen als vorige keer maar laat ons die details even terzijde houden! Over twee dagen is het zover en alle voorberreidingen zijn nu getroffen. Woensdag 28/9 om 13u stap ik op het vliegtuig richting Jordanie. Een vlucht van 4,5u om vervolgens al 7,5u vast te zitten op de luchthaven. (Balen!) Ik vertrek weer Donderdag om 2.10u plaatselijke tijd richting Bangkok waar ik 9u later zal aankomen, dan is het daar 15.15u Daar heb ik drie nachten geboekt in het ETZzz Hostel Bangkok (via de website www.hostelworld.com kan je kijken naar fotootjes) en ik weet intussen hoe ik daar met het openbaar vervoer kan geraken. ... read more