On day two of our Belgian adventure we left Brugge by train and arrived late morning in Antwerp. Antwerp has hands down the most beautiful train station I have seen in Europe. It is also incredibly huge and has 4 levels of trains.
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| obligatory room photo |
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| Cathedral of Our Lady |
After we checked into the hotel, we headed out on a very important mission. Find Jim's all time favorite kebab shop near the University where he studied (8 years ago). Surprisingly once we got to the school he found the street. Unfortunately for him, it was now a burger place. He was disappointed to say the least.
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| University of Antwerp |
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| The flyer says "Free Beer with every house burger". Great Promo! |
Our next stop was to go to the De Koninck brewery and take a tour.
After checking in advance that they gave tours on Saturday without advance tickets we showed up and waited. And waited. And waited. We also noticed other people waiting. And after about 30 min I was tired of standing and hungry. I checked the site again, noticing that the tour was 2 hours! So we made an executive decision to ditch the brewery. And go to the restaurant behind the brewery. Drinking the beer is the best part anyway. Turns out the restaurant also makes delicious food.
The rest of our evening was spent walking around town, getting a few drinks and finding a kebab shop. Pretty much Jim's only requirement on the trip was to eat kebabs and drink beer. I have to admit both were delicious and if we could get kebabs for 4.50 in Geneva we would eat them way more.
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| picture blurry from excitement |
The next morning I wanted to make two stops before going back to the train station and on to Brussels. The first was to see the castle of Antwerp which was located across from our hotel on the river Scheldt. And second see the Cathedral of Our Lady.
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| Cloudy and cold day on the Scheldt |
Stay Tuned for... Part Three: Brussels
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