Belgium Roadtrip Summer 2013: PART 6

Another day in Ghent, another day with 30+ degrees celcius. Because of the heat, mom and I decided to check out some churches and cathedrals since it's nice and cool in there n.n We went to the really impressive St. Baafscathedral. There was a man playing beautiful music on a harp and for a moment it felt like I was in a fairy tale...

Gorgeous stained glass. The colors were even more beautiful in person.

After walking around, we just sat there for another half an hour to watch people and prepare ourselves for the crazy heat outside... Once we got outside, we came along a stand with so called 'Gentse Neuzen' (Ghent Noses?). It's special candy that you can only get in Ghent, and since I love candy I couldn't pass up trying them! They were actually pretty good! They were 'crunchy' on the outside but super gooey on the inside and has a raspberry kind of taste. Very very very sweet though. Normally I can't eat just piece of candy, but one of these was plenty.

After a simple lunch we came across this cupcake parlor called Julie's House and we decided we needed a lunch dessert! They had so many cute cupcakes.

My mom got a fresh summer fruits cake and I got a vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting

I couldn't get over the cuteness of this cupcake. I mean, it has a marshmallow on top! And purple sprinkles! And it was delicious, too!

My mom's cake was delicious too c:

 After that we went to visit a castle and got on one of the boat tours (didn't get any pictures though). Before we knew it, it was dinner time and I decided it was time to look for a place I had been wanting to visit: Pink Flamingos.

Such a cool window display!

This place is amazing. They change the entire interior every three months, but the only thing that doesn't change is their chandelier made entirely out of barbies

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For dinner we got a delicious home made chili con carne with tortilla chips. Super simple, super delicious.

Awesome poster I spotted inside

On our walk back to the hostel we randomly stumbled across the graffiti alley! So cool. This place would be perfect for photoshoots.

Before going back to the hostel, we checked out some live music one last time. But it was so hot, we simply had to leave before we would've melted away. (and tropical music gets so boring after a while..)

That was it for our days in Ghent! It was great, and definitely my favorite out of the three we visited.
Next up: Antwerp!

Belgium Roadtrip Summer 2013: PART 5

This post mainly consists of junk and food. We have now arrived in Ghent. I think it was my favorite town of the three. It wasn't too big, but it was made up of tons of gorgeous buildings, lots of fun shops and restaurants and coincidently we arrived just when 'De Gentse Feesten' (The Parties of Ghent) started. This was basically a ten day long festival with live music and street artists everywhere.

First impression of the city. Did we go back in time!?

It kind of reminded me of Venice!

See what I mean?

We finally decided to get a 'real' waffle. Needless to say, it was delicious.

Lesley Knope would be impressed.

Me and my mom both love markets, especially when there's lots and lots of junk lying around. So naturally, that's the first thing we went looking for! Soon enough we found it and we were not disappointed.

Aren't these multi-colored houses CUTE?? Why can't all streets in the world be like this?

We needed more junk. One can never get enough of rummaging through other people's old stuff. We also found this second hand shop which even had a seperate space with old toys (aka vintage barbie things and robots!!)

See that coat on the left? It was soooo pretty, but a little too expensive :c

Robots! (with a face!)

Barbie and Ken workout gear!

Next, it was time for lunch! We found this really nice place 'Simon Says' that mainly uses local and organic products. We got a delicious carrot soup with some of the best bread ever!

The rest of the day we listened to live music, had dinner at a delicious thai restaurant (red curry with chicken, bamboo and coconut milk!) and survived through the rest of the loud night thanks to our complimentary ear plugs! Stay tuned for day two!