A more relaxing day was enjoyed in Belgium
We left Mechelen fairly early as we needed to get
some water and dump the waste water as there were no facilities at the cinema parking.
It was a very peaceful night by the way, I'd expected
it to be quite noisey but it was ok, just a little road noise this morning.
By morning the carpark was deserted apart from
another motorhome and us.
I'd been reading up about the town last night and it
seems Mechelen were pioneers in Belgium
Sadly it was this that attracted the attention of the
Nazi's during the occupation and many thousands of Jew's that had been rounded
up were sent to Mechelen before being transferred by rail to concentration
camps.
There is a museum in the town to remember them but
unfortunately it is closed at the moment.
We set off for Ghent
It's situated just outside the town opposite the 2.3
km rowing lake so has great views. (GPS 51.04565 3.70328)
After lunch we walked into town, it was a bit further
than Sue had hoped for, but was flat at least.
Ghent is quite picturesque with many fine buildings
but, as seems to be a recurrent theme on the trip, the builders are also in
town with their construction cranes, cabins, portaloos, vans and mechanical
lifts. All taking up space and obscuring the view of the beautiful buildings on
the canal waterfront in the centre of town. Talking to a waiter it seems
there are two weeks of concerts and festivals starting next weekend. They're
expecting 200k extra visitors. He's going to be a busy waiter.
It was sweltering today and Louis was feeling the
effects as well as us.
We walked back at a very slow pace and sat outside to
enjoy the views and cool off.
My data card in the midi has run out of data and I
can't seem to top it up and efforts to buy a new one have failed so far.
Last night I used the cinema free WiFi but there are
none available tonight so I will post when I can.
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| Beautiful Ghent waterfront with .... construction cranes ! |
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| Beautiful Ghent waterfront |
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| Ghent Town |
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| Ghent Rowing Lake |
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