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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...

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 ...

These pictures tell you something more about the rural area where I live and they give you a look on the nearest town (about 5km from where I live). There is a high population density in the Flanders (Belgium), but I live in one of the nicest and most quiet places of the Flemish part of Belgium (the Flemish Ardens)

Zottegem is located in the Flemish Ardennes in East Flanders, Belgium.

The Oude Kwaremont in Kluisbergen (also called the village of artists) it is well-known for cycling competitions; it was climbed for the first time by the Ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) in 1974 and was climbed for the 31rst time in 2006. The road is paved with cobblestones and asphalt and you climb from 18 to 111 meters height for an ascent of 2,2 km.

Some pics of abroad

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 :)

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...

ok this is going to be a blog just about all the beers that i tasted on my travels. it will be a good way to document all the tastys in the world.just so you know beer is my drink of choice..... i try to only zasze a beer at the country in which it has been brewed bu sometimes i get a bit carried away, like after i have alreday had a few...also if one of my beers has the wrong information about it, could you please tell me, even if it is saying the wrong town or city that it was produced in

We liepen naar de auto en gingen met een noodgang naar Gent over de snelweg. We lieten Brussel links liggen. Eenmaal in Gent was het een puinhoop overal waren straten opengebroken en werden we ik weet niet waar naar toe omgeleid. Uiteindelijk vonden we toch nog een parkeerplaats en gingen we op jacht naar een lunch. Dat werd in dit geval hamburger met frites. We hebben hier de nodige gebouwen bekeken waaronder de St. Baafshoofdkerk die we ook van binnen bezichtigden. Jeetje zeg, wat was die m...

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...

I took the train from Antwerp over to Gent.  I thought of all the cities I visited in Belgium, I liked Gent the best.  I just loved the feel of it.  It too was on the water, and there were boat tours that I did not get to do.  However, the buildings just inspired me here the most.  There was even a castle that I spent some time in, and it cost me like a euro.  It was a great place to wind down my last day of travel.  Check out the pics!

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.