Saturday, July 14, 2018

European Grand Tour Trekkers Have Leisurely Day in Ghent, Belgium



After a nice sleep in, we started off our day at the Gravensteen Castle and its interesting (and creepy) torture museum. We wandered the cobblestone streets of Ghent to a flea market, a graffiti filled street, and then onto lunch—Andy and Henry’s first veggie burgers. Feeling a bit tuckered, we all took naps at the park by the castle. Waking up to find no one from the group (they had moved to the other side when I was sleeping to get away from a noisy gaggle of girls).  For dinner we had Middle Eastern food out of cans with somewhat understandable ingredients. Afterwards, we had some odd (but good) pistachio treats for dessert. Today is our last day in Belgium; we are all excited to go to Amsterdam tomorrow.