7/6/10, Tuesday - Ghent, Belgium

Now I am on the train from Ghent back to Brussels. Ghent was such a good suggestion from my Belgian boys! What a picturesque, beautiful place! There were several times that I took pictures of 360 degrees of where I was standing. Ghent used to be the second largest city in Northern Europe (beat only by Paris) because it is the place where 2 rivers meet. I must have taken more than 100 pictures! I also ate a Belgian waffle and real Belgian fries (French fries are actually from Belgium) as well as this sugar coated gel things called the famous noses of Ghent. (see pictures) They are purple and look a little like wax candles. I asked the guy at the kiosk what they were. I wasn't even sure if they were food. But they tasted good!