We bought the train tickets and we are on the train at 9:20am. We arrived at Ghent at 10:00 and got in the Starbucks for breakfast. We enjoyed a Chai Tea Latte Venti and a Muffin.
It was a bit cold but luckily the day was sunny. With the tram at 11am we were in the old town of Ghent. Once in the city center, Ghent is a city really grateful to visit because all the monuments are very close. I really liked the mix of Gothic churches and castles connected by canals and bridges.
These are the places and monuments we visited in Ghent:
- Korenmarkt
- St. Niklaaskerk
- Masons' Guild Hall
- Belfort
- Mammeloker
- St. Baafskathedraal
- Duivelsteen
- Stad Huis (city hall)
- Gravensteen
- Korenlei and Graslei
- Groentenmarkt
- Appelbrugparkje Bridge
- St. Michielskerk and St. Michielsplein
Korenmarkt
View from the entrance door of St. Niklaaskerk in Ghent. On the right begins the Korenmarkt. In this picture, the former post office, which now houses a shopping center
Sint Niklaaskerk
Sint Niklaaskerk, or Saint Nicholas' church, in Ghent
Apse of St. Niklaaskerk in Ghent
Masons' Guild Hall
On the top of the steeped gable of the Masons' Guild Hall in Ghent, six dancers turn merrily with the wind
Mammeloker
Mammeloker beside the Belfort tower in Ghent
Belfort
Belfort tower in Ghent
Belfort Belfry from another point of view
Sint Baafskathedraal
Apse of Sint Baafskathedraal in Ghent
Sint Baafskathedraal, buit in gothic style, in Ghent
The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb was painted by the Van Eyck brothers and you can see it inside the Sint Baafskathedraal
Inside Sint Baafskathedraal in Ghent
Duivelsteen
Duivelsteen, or Castle of Gerald the Devil, beside a canal in Ghent
One of the facades of Geeraard de Duivelsteen in Ghent
Gravensteen
Gravensteen, or Castle of the Counts, in Ghent
Beautiful view of the rear wall of Gravensteen beside the canal in Ghent
Typical cone of fries we ate in Ghent
Kraanlei
Kraanlei in Ghent
Graslei
Graslei beside the Kanaal Gent-Brugge in Ghent
Groentenmarkt
Groentenmarkt square in Ghent
From Groentenmarkt you can walk along the pedestrian and shopping Langemunt street
Sint Michielsplein and Sint Michielskerk
View of Sint Niklaaskerk and the Belfort tower beside Cataloniëstraat from Sint Michielsplein
Sint Michielskerk in Ghent
At 4am we caught the train back to Brussels. After buying the train tickets to Bruges at Gare Centrale for the following day, and the breakfast and dinner in a Carrefour we arrived at the hotel. This time we left at 7pm heading towards the Grand Place to dinner at Chez Leon: potage du jour, avec moules frites and prawn croquettes. After dinner, to the Delirium Tremens to enjoy a deserved beer.
Enjoying a beer in Delirium Tremens bar in Brussels
Grand Place in Brussels lit at night
Finally, other countries and cities I have already visited are:
- Istanbul and Cappadocia
- Rome and The Vatican
- Florence in Tuscany
- Venice
- Dubrovnik, beaches and coast of Croatia
- Neum, Pocitelj and Mostar in Bosnia Herzegovina
- Tortuguero, Caribe, Arenal, Monteverde and San José in Costa Rica
- Marrakech in Morocco
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