Rafael was kind enough to pick up some maps from a very cool tourist office so the next day I took a shorter train trip to Ghent, a very hip, very cool little town.
Ghent has the coolest wallpaper store in the world. Wow.
Sadly, it rained all day, I woke up with a sore throat, and it seemed there was immense construction going on,
as a result of some or all of the above, it seemed that just about everything was closed…maybe because it was Monday.
Anyway, I brought my dirty laundry and found a laundrymat, then I explored the Gravensteen castle
which had an excellent torture museum. Waterboarding, old school style
plus a guillateen which was used for numerous executions.
Took a lot of pictures,
walked around in the rain with my laundry,
felt my flu getting worse, had some Belgian Fries and then headed back to Brussels, hoping that I didn’t have swine flu. I didn’t really care if I had it, but I didn’t want to pass it on to Raphael and his daughters.
Ghent also has the coolest ashtray I’ve ever stuck a butt in.
for some interesting Ghent History:
http://www.trabel.com/gent-history.htm
Vago Damitio is the Vagabond in Chief. He is also a writer, blogger, traveler, adventurer and teacher. He has spent his life mastering how to have incredible adventures on minuscule budgets. Someday he hopes to have the option of using gigantic budgets for miniscule adventures.
