Day 19: Antwerp

Although we had originally planned on going to Bruges, Nate and I decided to take the more practical and efficient route to Antwerp, Belgium. We had booked a hostel there so we left Brussels in the morning. Antwerp is a charming small town with lots of character. We enjoyed exploring the town square with, most naturally, a huge church. Antwerp also had some delicious chocolate shops. We also enjoyed many snacks of frites, or fries. They serve them in paper cones and you can choose from countless sauces with ketchup being the minority. Nate was in heaven with all the dipping sauces. However, due to differences in dipping preferences we just had to get separate orders. :) We crossed the river via a long underground tunnel and spent some time in a park. After returning we stumbled across a street performer. He was juggling fire on a giant unicycle. It was amusing because he did his speech in several languages. Every time he switched, you’d hear a rumble of laughter from the French…then the Dutch…then the English. It was rather amusing.


Frites!




Antwerp from across the river