| Page Views: 4,619 Last Visit to Antwerp: January, 1999 | A SIDE TRIP TO ANTWERPEN by lmkluque - last update: Jan 30, 2006 |
Welcome to my Antwerpen page,
One of my Belgian students took me to Antwerpen. He gave me the choice of going to the Netherlands or to Antwerpen. If we went to the Netherlands it wouldn't be to a large city or even a town that I had heard of before. I had to decide if I wanted to add another country to my list of places I've been or go to a Belgian city. After some thought, I decided to see more of Belgium. I hadn't planned for a stop in this famous city and didn't know all that it offered. We had only a few hours to spend so my view of Antwerpen was rather limited.
Parking seemed to be the problem. We had to drive around looking for a space. As we drove down a one-way street, we unexpectedly came face to face with a police escorted convoy going the wrong way.
The big motorcycle cops ordered us to the side, and of course, we were happy to comply and they sped on past us, then we continued on our way.
The first stop we made was a visit to Rubenshuis, and it seemed the convoy beat us there. In the square parked all round were the cars we had seen on the one-way street as well as the police vehicles accompanying them.
Most of the house was closed--for the VIPs, who happened to be from one of the Embassies--but we were able to see parts of the inside and the garden out back. This picture is of Peter Paul Rubens, I bought the postcard in the little gift shop at his house and thought it was interesting to see this same picture on no less than three other VT pages.
I Hope you enjoy your visit,
Linda |
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Pawtuxet Sat Nov 12, 2005 14:34 UTC
Ahhh, house and garden tour with a lunch break of crepes afterwards....now THAT's my idea of a good time!! | ettenaj Tue Feb 17, 2004 18:56 UTC
Those crepes sound very tempting | b1bob Fri Jun 20, 2003 22:48 UTC
Those crepes make me hungry and it's an hour away from supper. | zrim Thu May 22, 2003 20:56 UTC
Linda, you rebel. taking pictures when not allowed. Tsk, tsk. :-) |
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