owner himself came to greet us; huge gardens with many bulbs; lovely chapel with orchids; tower one could climb--on every floor were vases of fresh tulips ...
Beautiful, pedestrian friendly city. If you go nowhere else for chocolate, go to the Chocolate Line. Rubens home. The Church of Our Lady there has 3 monumental altarpieces painted by Rubens. ...
Found it hard to resist the chocolate shops, but the architecture of the town and the railway station especially were fantastic - if that is your thing, and it is mine. ...
Our ship was berthed at quay 20 on the River Scheldt, just a stone’s throw from the cathedral and the historic core of this fine city. We were there for two days, a Sunday and Monday, and since most museums are closed on Mondays we made the Sunday our museum visiting day. We chose to visit the Plantin-Moretus Museum, very close to the ship’s berth. This is nominally a museum of printing but it is ...