Saturday, October 23rd

It has been a long day with sighting, shopping and partying. We got up early to catch the bus to Antwerpen and there we had a guided tour. It was very interesting and we saw a lot of beautiful buildings, only problem was that it was freezing cold outside and my feet were like ice cubes when we were done. During the tour we saw the city hall, the cathedral, the castle, the station and some other really spectacular buildings. After the tour was finished we had lunch at a place called the pilgrim. Back in the days they never put people in prison, instead many of them had to leave the city and make a pilgrimage. When they came to new cities they had to find somewhere to stay and that restaurant building was an old inn for pilgrims. We had our lunch in the basement and it was a very cozy feeling with candles everywhere and rustic wood tables. I ate lamb with vegetables and fries, and of course we all had fruit beer. After the lunch we went to a shopping mall but it was so much traffic so we only had time for one hour shopping, but at least I got some chocolate with me.

In the first picture you can see the cathedral. It was hard to get a good picture of it, but it's enormous and build in a Gothic style.

Second picture is a statue of a giant. The story says that he could either make himself really tall or really small. When he was small he could make people trip. Drunk people often blamed the accidents on him, they said it was the giant that made them trip, not because they were too drunk. When he was tall he looked into peoples houses and could hear all their secrets.

When we got back to Britt's house we got ready for the evening and went to a local pub in the village next to Britt's. It was a special event (I never figured out what was special) and there were a lot of people in the pub. Britt had told her friends that Hannah and I was coming and it only took five minutes before the whole pub new we were from Sweden. I only bought one drink for 3 Euros, but I can tell you that I had a lot more than that. When ever Hannah and I was walking through the pub you could here people whispering about us, and all different kind of people started talking to us. Haha it's not often you get that much of attention.

Left: This is were we had our lunch.

Right: The train station in Antwerpen

Middle: Hannah and I at the pub