Antwerpen

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We arrived at 7 am on Thursday. We walked out of the airport and caught the express bus to Antwerp. The bus dropped us 2 blks from our hotel. We arrived at the hotel before 10. Our rooms were not available until 2. So we had a real Lacoco time tour of Antwerp. Before 2, we saw 2 churches, the cathedral, the central square and walked the main shopping street.
We also managed to eat frites, kabob, waffle and Belgian chocolate.
Friday we did 3 museums and at least 20,000 steps. Lots of Rubens, Van Dyk and Bruegal, the elder, the younger and Jan.
Antwerp is lovely- lots of little squares with pretty views. I really like the scale of European cities. Of course there are street cars and commuting bicycles, the sturdy ones with fenders. I saw one mother riding along with two children. There are bicycle lanes on every street, in many places with more space for bicycles than pedestrians. Very pleasant.
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