Antwerp

Antwerp central station holds the terminal with the oldest railway track in Belgium between Brussels and Antwerp. It is said that the interiors can be compared to any European palace.

Train station

Cathedral of Our Lady, one of the first gothic masterpieces in Europe, was for many centuries the tallest building in the Low Countries and is the tallest one in Antwerp City.

"The Brabo Statue at the Grote Market is dedicated to Barbo who once saved the city from a giant named Antigoon, who used to chop off hands if travellers refused to pay toll for crossing the Scheldt River. It was Barbo who fought with giant and chopped off his hand and threw it in the river. The words ‘hand throwing’ when translated in dutch mean ‘Hantwerpen’, hence the city’s name ‘Antwerpen’. The statue holds a lot of symbolic value for Antwerp’s residents."

Snap shots...

Steve and Alex taking a snuggle break

hi-fives

Sue, Steve, and Becky (Our Lady's cathedral in background)