antwerpen

yesterday i went to antwerpen for the day. it is a small city near the border of belgium and the netherlands. it is compact and gorgeous. most of the buildings are from the 18th century and before and are ornately figured. the streets are narrow stone canyons with cafes and high fashion boutiques everywhere you look. people speak dutch. people speak french. there is a developed asia-town where i explored a thai grocery store. there is also a large african population and i saw stores advertised as "afro-asian markets." that covers a lot of territory. the city is beautiful to explore. the southern part of downtown is newer and more the fashion district but still cool. i walked around for three hours or so and then had a pizza. after dark i went to go hang out with teenage cool kids who were playing a gig there. it was really good to see them again and it reminded me how much i miss being in denton and how cool that town is. i will go back there soon though. i had to leave early because the cheapest train i could find was leaving that night and not in the morning, so i ran (for the first time in a while) part of the way to the train station, barely making my IC train. but, here i am to tell you about it. antwerpen is beautiful.

today i am packing and doing a little work because tonight i am flying to london to visit my uncle charlie! that should be a blast. three days in london. i will report back sometime.

i took a lot of pictures of antwerpen. check them out on the flickr.