Ok well Antwerp (Antwerpen) is by far a city well worth a visit. We were impressed soon as we entered the city by the beautiful cobble stone streets, the van took a bit of a beating though. Our camp was in walking distance from the city thanks to a pedestrian tunnel under the river so wandering the city and evenings out to the wee hours in the morning were easily done.
In the main town square there is a large water fountain which waters the pavement (shrug). I guess the water crisis hasn't reached this far. We took a few photos before I realised the statue was of a naked man throwing a severed hand. It was the severed hand not the naked man I didn't recognise, just in case you were wondering.
I guess the water squirting out the top of the hand is suppose to represent blood. There is some story that in Flemish Antwerpen sounds a bit like 'throwing hand', even though apparently the statue has nothing to do with that. Mmmm oh well, and moving on.
Antwerp is a beautiful place at night. There is, yes, another cathedral. It does get a bit like you've seen one you've seen them all. In order to shake things up a bit and due to the marvelous legislation which allows street drinking we have grown accustom to sitting out the front of such cathedrals and drinking under the city lights. It's a beautiful way to spend the early hours of an evening. Maybe not so pious of us but new religions have to start some where. I mean he did turn water into wine, right?
We took it pretty easy here, we ventured to a great jazz bar, went to the Zoo, met some Bulgarians, ate fritz from Max's in the main square and I learnt that in Chinese Coca Cola means 'delicious happiness' (another shrug).
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