The Town Hall

Fresh from the oven

One view of the cathedral

And another view of the Cathedral

Interesting building decorations

The train station with its distinctive dome

Interior views

Probably due to the grandeur of the building, I expected to see puffing steam engines pulling fancy carriages into the station so was a bit surprised when all the stock was sleek and electric.

According to the Roman numerals this was built in 1905

Moving away from the main street we strolled down one of the side roads which seemed completely deserted. It might have been the back doors of some of the diamond houses which apparently are not open on the weekend. Eventually, crowds appeared out of nowhere. Once again it was time to think about lunch. With recommendations from friends on the Ship, we made our way to a place near the Town Hall, where we had a delicious “local” lunch. It was actually kind of a pub but definitely not touristy and we devoured the Flemish specials of beef stew and “Veg mash with sausage and bacon and onion gravy”. How’s that for healthy? Oh, there was spinach in the “mash”. Accompanied by Belgian fries and a tomato salad. No room for ice cream after that! I couldn’t seem to get enough pictures of the town hall with the colorful flags and on the way back to the Ship we spied another “castle”. They seem to be everywhere here. Finally returning to the Ship about 2:00 we decided on a small dinner, followed by the Pool Deck after some of our group quickly checked out the soccer finals. It was an early night for all.