Monday, April 5, 2010

pictures from antwerp

the Oldest building in Belgium, now a ship museum




mat and I in front of the canal

Really strange statue outside the really old building




oldest building again, pretty neat castle
"our lady of antwerp" at the cathedral we visited















pictures from the cathedral























the statue in the town center of Antwerp. the story goes, a long time ago there was a giant who taxed everyone who wanted to stop in the town and use the canal. a man did not want to pay the taxes and chopped off the hand of the giant and tossed it into the river. "antwerpen" means hand throwing.



















city center of antwerp












cool lion statue

antwerp has a HUGE diamond district






















downtown antwerp

















a random camel statue on top of a building













train goin' through town
















even the light poles have statues

















central station





inside of the train station






inside of the train station


















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