Ghent and Bruges

Last weekend was a lot of fun! Vagelis (the Greek Stagiaire), Kan (other American), and I went to Ghent and Bruges. We had a lot of fun! Picture gallery here.


Kan (left) and Vagelis (right)


We got to Ghent Friday after work. We wandered around in the rain and explored the city a bit. It was one of the richest cities during the middle ages.

We went to an authentic frietkoten (fries barracks) for some Belgian fries. The popular way in Belgian means putting mayonaise on them, so I had to try it at least once. The mayonaise is better then American mayonaise, but I still think I might stick to ketchup. The fries themselves were amazing though!





The scenic picture showing Ghent:


We went to a restaurant that claims to have invented the Belgian waffle. They served it the authentic way, square with a bit of powdered sugar on top. It was good, but I think I prefer the American way of doing things.



Saturday we left for Bruges. After putting our stuff in the hostel, we headed out for dinner where we met two Australian girls who were a lot of fun!



We walked around Bruges on Sunday. Their belfry was really cool with good views. We got up there at noon as they were playing a song, so it was cool to see the bells being hit.



After walking around Bruges for a while, we took the train north to Ostend unplanned. We knew it was very close and I wanted to see it. Ostend is a big city on the North Sea.

Me and the North Sea.



No one was swimming, but it was a bit cold.

All in all it was a great weekend!