Mostly, my trip to Ghent consisted of walking around the main part of town, which is very cozy and friendly, and Lisa pointing out the pest places to eat, drink, and just soak in the beauty. There were narrow cobblestone streets lined with old stone buildings covered in ivy. We walked through the popular street art alley where anyone is welcome to show their spray painting talents off.
We also stopped at a wonderful little chocolate cafe, unique (of course) to Ghent, where they served everything from chocolate brownies to chocolate milk, coffee, and liqueur. I enjoyed a chocolate coffee (or mocha for all my fellow coffee shop go-ers) and a brownie - some of the best chocolate goods I have ever had! Another (interesting) treat I had in Ghent were the best fries in all of Belgium. Did you know that "French Fries" are not French at all? They are actually originally from Belgium, and so natually it was necessary that I tried them the locals way with brown sauce (basically gravy made from a cornicopia of meat drippings) and mayonaise (which normally I despise, but it was actually not as horrible as in the States).
Other fun things I did besides walking around and enjoying the city were visiting the castle (which I did not go in because it technically is not a real castle... shhh) and taking a look through the modern art museum (S.M.A.C. standing for who knows what...). The museum was very interesting... as most modern museums are. One of my favorite pieces was a massive piece of linnen, probably the size of a football field, covered in blue ball point pen scribbles. Talk about getting the creative juices flowing!
I appologize for the delayed posting again, but I will be catching up A.S.A.P.! Thank you for your understanding. Peace and love,
-A
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