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BELGIUM | Fri, 26 Jun 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [457]
Yesterday was my final day in Ghent, and in Belgium. It was a nice day-First I went to the Belfry, which was the watchtower for the town. Unlike other countries in Europe, the Belfrys have nothing to do with the Church-they we're simply used as ... Read more >
Tags: belgium, ghent
BELGIUM | Thu, 25 Jun 2015 | By davidpearlman | Views [569]
This morning, I checked out of the hostel in Antwerp so I can spend a night in Ghent. But before moving on to Ghent, I went back to a museum I first checked out yesterday, called the MAS, a museum about Antwerp. The MAS is in a very modern building-but ... Read more >
Tags: antwerp, belgium, brugge, ghent
BELGIUM | Fri, 22 Aug 2014 | By jazzanomadica | Views [1516]
The 834 year old living quarters inside the Gravensteen Castle now houses one of the rarest displays of original torture weapons from the Middle Ages in all of Belgium. Finger crushers, spiked neck collars, a table used for water boarding and heavy leg ... Read more >
Tags: belgium, castle, europe, ghent
BELGIUM | Tue, 1 Dec 2009 | By cisoux | Views [809]
We said goodbye to Jeff and Magda on the morning of Day 3 and checked out of Het Singelhuis. Magda drove us to the train station, and we took a train to Ghent. Or Gent. It's cool both ways. The problem with Ghent is, the thing I remember most about ... Read more >
Tags: belgium, ghent