Our wonderful cousins Paul and Mia in Belgium had full itinaries for us, in addition to to our time together in the evenings. No time for blogging!
Lots of magnificent churches with awe Inspiring artwork.
The interiors of the cathedrals were beautiful..
The city center of Antwerp is bustling.
Just the place for a Flemish beer in the city's oldest bar.
We also visited the church where Luke's dad played the organ prior to the familie's immigration to the USA.
How about a pair of artistic shoes? Note the price....
We toured the historic town of Bruge and took a nice boat ride through one of the canals.
Also, a visit with cousins Jan and his wife Hilda at their home at the seashore.
Next, Gent, another old tourist town.
We had a great family luncheon with the cousins and Luke's only remaining sibling of his mother, Tante Julienne.
A couple of days in The Ardins, the mountain region of Belgium, where the historic Battle of the Bulge during WW11 was fought. We stayed in a nice B&B with Paul and Mia. The view out of our window...
Another small town...no, it is the "smallest CITY" in Belgium. This is the storefront of a butcher shop....
Today, we left the cousins behind and took the train to Amsterdam. It is a large city with large buildings
And a few of those streets are the Red Light District. Yes, there is a very scantily clad woman in each window, awaiting customers.. When she has a "client", the drape is drawn until it is time to peddle her wares again.
A lot of things are expensive in Europe, but groceries and hotels are cheap. To have cream with my hotel room coffee each morning, I bought this pack of 10 of Individual creamers...the whole pack cost about $0.40!
Hope to have time to blog most evenings from now on!
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