My last weekend in Europe, before returning to the states, was spent in Gent, Belgium. John and I met up with his friend Joeri and Joeri's girlfriend, Marie, who lives in Gent. Gent was a wonderful city to be in, it's an interesting difference between Holland and Belgium. First of all the houses are much skinnier and taller, and also the architecture laws are different so many of the original old buildings are being replaced with new modern looks. Something I think they will regret in the future. They also do not restore there old buildings as much. For example, we were in the upstairs of a bar Saturday evening and we could look through the floorboards and see the people downstairs. Kind of scary!
Really nice graffiti on the way to town
Two of the four churches next to each other
Check out the tiny house between the big ones!
Part of the castle
The Belgian waffle guy. Delicious!
Marie and Joeri enjoying waffles
Gent was also known for their textile industry. This is a shop window of wallpaper. Look how amazing the patterns are.
Walking to the trainstation you see these two houses. They are mirror images of each. One has been kept up really well and the other is totally falling apart.
My last weekend in Europe, before returning to the states, was spent in Gent, Belgium. John and I met up with his friend Joeri and Joeri's girlfriend, Marie, who lives in Gent. Gent was a wonderful city to be in, it's an interesting difference between Holland and Belgium. First of all the houses are much skinnier and taller, and also the architecture laws are different so many of the original old buildings are being replaced with new modern looks. Something I think they will regret in the future. They also do not restore there old buildings as much. For example, we were in the upstairs of a bar Saturday evening and we could look through the floorboards and see the people downstairs. Kind of scary!
Really nice graffiti on the way to town
Two of the four churches next to each other
Check out the tiny house between the big ones!
Part of the castle
The Belgian waffle guy. Delicious!
Marie and Joeri enjoying waffles
Gent was also known for their textile industry. This is a shop window of wallpaper. Look how amazing the patterns are.
Walking to the trainstation you see these two houses. They are mirror images of each. One has been kept up really well and the other is totally falling apart. 
2 comments:
I think i read that Gent is beginning a "veggie days" observation, where people are encouraged to eat vegetarian one day a week. Pretty cool!
that's a good idea! let's all do it!
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