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Gent is to me one of the best cities in Belgium and therefore I keep on coming back.   Ghent (in Dutch: Gent) is the fourth largest city of Belgium with about 250.000 inhabitants. It is not as big as Antwerp but bigger than Bruges. It is also less famous among tourists than the often praised Bruges. However, for me Ghent is the real diamond of Flanders and Belgium. In a unique way, Ghent has managed to preserve its medieval power while keeping up with the times. The city centre al...

Well, it was time to keep on moving. Holland was waiting for me.  Last year I did the Inca Trail and met really nice Dutch people. Once I met them online and commented about my plans of going to Europe. Maike told me: "Great! You have to stay with us, when you are in Holland!" We have been in touch through emails while I was backpacking, but this time I just called her to let her know I was in my way. She gave me some directions to go to the town she lives and that was it. I had a plan ;...

this is the city where I'm studying. It is really worth a visit, whit lots of medieval building, and an amazing nightlife, with clubs, bars, and many more...

Ghent  (Dutch : Gent; French: Gand; Formerly in English: Gaunt) is the fourth largest city of Belgium with about 250.000 inhabitants. It is not as big as Antwerp but bigger than Bruges. It is also less famous among tourists than the often praised Bruges. However, for some people Ghent is the real diamond of Flanders and Belgium. In a unique way, Ghent has managed to preserve its medieval power while keeping up with the times. The city center alone is a showcase of medieval ...

It didn't take me too long to get to Gent, my new Romanian friends left me just at the tram stop and I walked into the centre of Gent to meet up with Bas. Quite clearly Bas is one of the coolest Belgians around, a great friend I've had the pleasure of meeting through Hospitality Club.He took me to a park where we sat and talked about anything and everything and as the sun was going down we spotted a juggler. Steve Irwin style we snuck up on him, crikey, he's a beauty! Well he had some pretty ...

bueno fue un dia muy chevere porque estuve dentro del castillo que todos los dias lo miraba desde afuera... me parecio muy interesante y mistico....

My second travel to Belgium, included Bruxelles, Antwerpen, Mechelen, Gent, Brugge, Oostende, Namur and Amsterdam (Netherlands). The weather was not so good, but the trip was cool :)

Because every year I take at least one week off to enjoy the Ghentfest, I thaught I might as well create a travel blog about it with some random pictures I shot at this years edition.

Well as everything is so close in this small country I live in I set out again with Rhiannon to visit another interesting town Gent or Ghent depending on whether its written in French or Flemish. After arriving at the train station and walking for 20 minutes looking for this beautiful city we began to wonder what was all the rave was about because we hadn't found anything of interest yet, we finally stumbled across the centre and were very impressed. Gent is situated on a small river and...

the best of...

A weekend in Brugge & Gent.

the best carnival so far..

Llegue a Gantes y parti rumbo al centro de la ciudad. Tuve que tomarme el tranvia ya que estaba un poco lejos. Tras subirme me di cuenta que necesitaba una tarjeta que se compraba afuera, asi que viaje gratis jaja. Por suerte no se subio nadie para controlar. Mas tarde me entere que tambien se podia comprar arriba. Me hospede en un hostel de 17 euros muy lindo y me fui a recorrer la ciudad. Nuevamente mis ojos se sorprendieron por lo que veian y por donde me encontraba. Castillos, monument...

EuroTrip 2007 part one!

So my point of entry was Amsterdam, and from there directly to Mieke's in Belgium. The one night in Japan was awesome, and the lack of sleep on the flight great. Finally i arrived.