After spending a night in Antwerp, we took the train to Gent and spent the middle of the day there before headi
ng on to Bruges
- The train station in Gent is deceptively far from the old town. We walked and probably should have taken the tram.
- Once we got into the town it was a super cute and well preserved little medieval place. There were really cool buildings everywhere. We went into one of the cathedrals and were walking around and then we saw that one “exhibit” was 5 euro. Only then did it dawn on my art-history educated brother that “OH! We’re in Gent, the Van Eyck triptych is here!” After a little debate with himself he decided he really didn’t need to see it, so on we went.
- One of the major mishaps of my brother’s trip abroad this time was that he left his charger for his camera battery in NYC on his way out of the country. Major problem for the photographer, so he had been going to camera stores to try and find someone that had the correct charger for his battery. We tried a few places in Gent, but struck the jackpot as we were headed ba
ck to the train station. We found a place that not only had the right kind of charger, but also agreed to charge his battery for free (he had paid $10 in Stockholm to have it done) AND this store had flat screen tvs showing the world cup game that was on at the same time. We handed over the battery to be charged and took up residence in front of the tvs. If we’d had had some beer and chips it would have been ideal.
- To get back to the main train station from the other train depot, we decided to take the bus instead of making the 30 minute walk. It ended up being 4 euro a piece to take the bus. WTF! Oh well, at least we made it back in time for the earlier train out of town. Sadly that train was un-air conditioned and was HOT! It was only an hour ride though, but boy were we glad to get to Bruges.
ng on to Bruges- The train station in Gent is deceptively far from the old town. We walked and probably should have taken the tram.
- Once we got into the town it was a super cute and well preserved little medieval place. There were really cool buildings everywhere. We went into one of the cathedrals and were walking around and then we saw that one “exhibit” was 5 euro. Only then did it dawn on my art-history educated brother that “OH! We’re in Gent, the Van Eyck triptych is here!” After a little debate with himself he decided he really didn’t need to see it, so on we went.
- One of the major mishaps of my brother’s trip abroad this time was that he left his charger for his camera battery in NYC on his way out of the country. Major problem for the photographer, so he had been going to camera stores to try and find someone that had the correct charger for his battery. We tried a few places in Gent, but struck the jackpot as we were headed ba
ck to the train station. We found a place that not only had the right kind of charger, but also agreed to charge his battery for free (he had paid $10 in Stockholm to have it done) AND this store had flat screen tvs showing the world cup game that was on at the same time. We handed over the battery to be charged and took up residence in front of the tvs. If we’d had had some beer and chips it would have been ideal.- To get back to the main train station from the other train depot, we decided to take the bus instead of making the 30 minute walk. It ended up being 4 euro a piece to take the bus. WTF! Oh well, at least we made it back in time for the earlier train out of town. Sadly that train was un-air conditioned and was HOT! It was only an hour ride though, but boy were we glad to get to Bruges.
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