Blogs from Antwerp Province, Belgium, Europe - page 6

It's my first vacation in about 10 years so I need a suitcase... I'v been looking around and all I saw where pritty expensive suitcases. I knew Direcsports.com has suitcases that are not to expensive. Problem was they did not have these in the store here in town. Well not untill this week! I now have a decent suitcase at a low price!! All I need now is a small suitcase as handluggage. Het is mijn eerste vakantie in ongeveer 10 jaar dus ik heb een reiskoffer nodig... Ik ben al een tijdje aan het rondkijken maar het enige dat ik vond waren vrij dure koffers. Ik wist dat Directsports.com koffers hebben aan een redelijke prijs. Het probleem was dat ze deze niet hier in de winkel hadden. Tot deze week! Nu heb ik een degelijke ... read more

Today I made a visit at the travel agency. I tried to make an estimate online but there was somehing wrong with the fight module. I already picked out the hotel so that was the easy part. To go back home I want a flight that leaves late in the day. The plan was to come back on June 26 but then there are no eveningflights. So its an eveningflight on June 27 at 9h30PM. Instead of 7 nights in LA it's now 8 nights. (Not that I mind an extra day) The hotel is url=http://maps.google.be/maps/place?cid=9074599822723963070&q=Mayfair+hotel&hl=nl&authuser=0&cd=1&cad=src:ppiwlink&ei=hb83T7HTLY6ROr6-9bAJ&sig2=H7oKh1qlXrtzDC9MIKswkA&dtab=2The Historic Mayfair Hotel at 1256 West 7th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017. Vandaag heb ik een bezoekje gebracht aan het reisbureau. Ik had al geprobeerd om een offerte te maken op de website m... read more

This is going to IT for Belgium. Yesterday we took the train to Antwerp. Very nice historic center. We had our cup of Starbucks coffee at the beautiful RR station and walked about a mile to the Grote Markt. (The Large Market Square) We did take a tour of the "Cathedral of our Lady" which is the largest Gothic church in Belgium, Holland or Luxemburg. 170 years to build and was completed in 1521. There are 4 world class paintings by Reubens inside.Very interesting! Tomorrow we are off to Switzerland early. Click on the image. (Sorry if the images are screwed up. It's the bad software upload.) maybe better in Switz. Lowell... read more

Today was another hot day - was 91F, humid and cloudy - the weather report called for 70% chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. I felt like I got no sleep at all due to the hot weather - and was feeling pretty puny - so we hung around the apartment trying to get past the hottest part of the day. We needed to return the bikes today - so we finally headed out around the city - taking the scenic route! We had lunch in the park - Jean wanted to stop there yesterday, but I thought we hadn't biked far enough yet - so no stopping yet. We had a great lunch and felt like true locals - they got us an English menu, but it left off all the great Flemish food, so ... read more

The weather man called for cloudy and 0% precipitation! A biking day indeed! We chose a biking route that would take us out of town and along what looked like canals, some of our favorite riding! We headed to Deurne, a town of 70,000 that dates back to 1185, from there we biked to Wijnegem, one of the most expensive municipality of the Flanders with a small population of only 8,800. Wijnegem has the biggest Shopping Mall in the Benelux, oh dear, we were with the chickens and the roosters and missed it, oh me oh my! This is where we picked up the Albert Canal, a very very wide canal! The riding along the canal was wonderful, no big wind, and although it was cloudy there was no rain! It was a very busy day ... read more