Blogs from Antwerp, Antwerp Province, Belgium, Europe - page 10

We made our way from Ghent to Antwerp, Belgium which was a nice short 45 min drive. Found a great campsite on the opposite side of the Schelde river to the City. The weather was really nice and hot so we hopped on the bikes and rode over to the city. We had to go down a large elevator to a tunnel below the river then ride across to the other side. Was really quite cool. We just walked around the city and had a few beers down by the river in the sun. We then went to a really busy Italian restaurant close to the city square for dinner. After that we went back to the campground and went for a walk by the river and watched the sunset. The next day we just chilled ... read more

Hi you all! :) Still in Belgium! I took out my backpackersbackpack yesterday and I must say that I'm not quite sure how I'll manage to put all my lugage in it :D but hey, still about 12 days to figure that out, right? I have never used a backpack, so it's kind of exciting! I'm getting way too excited about the trip about now! It's really getting so close! After my exam today I'm gonna do some shopping with my mom to buy some stuff I'll probably need like new clothes and things. Just heard on the news that Obama is rather definitely the democratic president candidate for the states. I'm curious how much of the presidential-fever will show while I'm in the USA. it might be quite interesting! Okay, I have to continue my ... read more

Hoi hoi! Over 21 dagen begint mijn tweede Amerika avontuur en daarvan wil ik jullie graag op de hoogte houden!! Met de organisatie Travel Active neem ik deel aan een "Work&Travel" programma: Camp USA. Ik ben geplaatst voor Camp Oh-Neh-Tah, in de staat New York. Het is een kamp voor meisjes van 8 tot 16 jaar uit de achterbuurten van NY. Op 17 juni vertrek ik naar NY, waar we dan¨een algemene oriëntatie krijgen. Op 19 juni word ik opgehaald om richting kamp te rijden. Dan krijgen we een twee-tal weken staff training, waarna er 3 kampen van telkens 2 weken volgen... 17 augustus zit het kamp er dan op! Spannend! Er gaan nog 3 Nederlandse meisjes mee, en we zijn elkaar al een beetje aan het leren kennen zodat we ter plekke toch al iémand ... read more

Greetings from Hoboken (town we've been in)! Yesterday, was quite an interesting day as usual. Let me start by talking about something I haven't written much about... FOOD! Well, I've been trying a lot of new (and non-vegetarian) foods, including frog legs, escargot, horse meat, delicious sausage, whitloof, chocolates, and many beers and cheeses. Each morning for breakfast we usually have bread with different spreads, nutella, different cheeses (mmm!), smoked salmon spread, cheese & nutella together (really good!), accompanied with a glass of OJ and a cup of coffee. Each day both or either Ludo and Ria have taken time off of work to take us around. Ludo is a teacher at a school, so we're real thankful he could do that. Yesterday morning, Ludo took Noah and I to the Breendonk Concentration Camp which wasn't ... read more

Europe is just awesome. I just think I'm so glad just to be out of the country. After about 18 hours of traveling through 2 stopovers, we made it to my cousin Ria's in Antwerp, Belgium. Ria and her daughter Evy picked us up from the airport, we dropped our stuff off, then it was off to try some Belgian beer (don't worry, it was slightly past noon). Of course, everything we tried was amazing. Then we met up with Evy's girlfriend and Ria's husband Ludo and went for some more drinks. We had a late lunch at this restaurant where the chef would prepare a small dish and put it on this conveyor belt to go around the little restaurant. It was similar to a baggage claim carousel in an airport (or maybe I'm just ... read more