Ghent - An Impressive City!
September 3rd 2015 When asking locals about the best place to visit in Belgium everyone told me that Ghent was their favourite location. The response was "just as beautiful and medieval as Bruges but without all the tourists". It became apparent to me that Ghent was over-shadowed by it's neighbour Bruges.
My car journey from Bruges to Ghent was a short 35 miles drive down the E40. I did my research online before my
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Tara Cloud
Views from the belfry!
What can be better than climbing a belfry and taking out your map to orient yourself! Europe is brilliant for that; South America less so. Ghent and those medieval Belgium towns (Antwerp, too) are so picturesque! Looks as if you had a yummy time there. If you do return, and if St Bavos isn't being renovated, there a hugely famous (in art history circles) painting by the famous Jan van Eyck, the Ghent Altarpiece. Love your canal cruise through the city!