The Princess has done it again - found the most amazing apartment right in the middle of Ghent in Belgium, an original medieval town not far from Brussels. The apartment, of course, is on the third floor, so six flights of stairs to get up to it, but when you arrive, it's like coming home! We could seriously live here. It's light, bright with a large kitchen dining area, a sitting area and a roof terrace looking out over the rooftops. The bedroom and ensuite are huge and beautifully appointed.
We left Whiteley in Hampshire this morning, dropped the car off at Heathrow and caught the Underground into London. We managed to find time to have some lunch and a beer, change some dollars for euros and jump on the Eurostar train. I must say that it isn't a patch on the Japanese trains we caught last year, but it left on time and in what seemed no time at all, we were travelling through France to our first stop at Lille. From there it was only a short journey to Brussels in Belgium, then we changed trains for Ghent.
Tonight we ate at a little tapas/croquette bar on the corner and we had a great meal, some good french wine and some delightful wait-staff who gave us hints on what to see tomorrow and a couple of suggestions of other places to eat! We'll explore Ghent tomorrow, then off to Brussels to spend some time with Nina (we met Nina and Iain in KL last year) and perhaps Bruges on Monday. Five days here will surely not be enough but next weekend we'll be in Amsterdam.
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