Marina Facilites:
Shower: Free, and very nice. you can control your own water tempter and water pressure.
750 meter walk to Brico and a little further is an Albert Heijn, Chemist under the Stadium.
Walk 1.2 kilometers the other way you have an Action, ALDI and Lidi.
 |
| No gate with a code, we have a sign so very secure. |
 |
| An evening walk |
To get to Brussels we didn't take Sun Chi, we walked a kilometer to the bus stop, a bus the centre of Ghent then a train into Brussels.
 |
Charles Buls Fountain |
 |
| Street to the Grand Place |
 |
The Grand-Place, is the central square of Brussels,
Belgium, and the main square of the city. It is the place where citizens have
gathered for large events and markets for centuries. It is also the location of
the city government. The area of 7,480 square meters is surrounded by the Baroque
guild houses, the Gothic town hall and the neo-Gothic King's House. The square,
initially built in the 11th century, is completely paved. The construction was
not completed until the 17th century and has been the subject of many
reconstructions following wars and conflicts over the centuries. Today, the Grand-Place is an important landmark in Brussels.
It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998. The square is often home
to festivals and other cultural events. |
 |
| Town Hall, hard to get the whole building in the photo see below photo for the top of the building |
 |
| Works like a charm |
 |
| 11 kilos to lift up the hatch |
 |
| Then use the boat hook on the corner while we change to the new one |
No marina, just a ferry dock and cruise ship dock. You can park on the inside of the dock. No water, electricity and showers.
Nice walk into town, has an ALDI, restaurant and pub.
 |
| Sun Chi is the smaller boat at the back. |
 |
| Cycle tour ship has come in for the night and to pick up their passengers. |
 |
| The Ferry House built in the 18th century |
 |
Standbeeld De Veerman - statue of the Ferryman |
Marina Facilites:
 |
| We are all the way down to the last tall building and it's low tide. The large crane is the last 'Electric tower crane' from the Shipyard and is 48 meters high. All the apartment buildings in the photo are on the former site of the shipyard (215 acres). |
 |
| Zoomed is to show which pontoon we are on |
 |
| Safe arrival drinks after leaving Antwerp. six and half hours, about 2 hours of that we were waiting for either a bridge to open or for a lock |
 |
| This is a statue of the Quay Runners, they were tough, sturdy guys who loaded and unloaded the ships at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century. Their names left to right: The Brown One, The Whimper, The Quaywalker and The Cross-eyed Wringer |
 |
| In the stream of time. Symbolizes the next generation and the future. |
 |
| This house used to be a two-family house, a warehouse and cement factory. In 1921 Frans Boel, converted it all into a single home |
Marina Facilites:
 |
| Short walk to the showers and gate. |
 |
| Muesum, looks much better a night. |
 |
| Where the lights are is a Restautant, it's like an upmarket food court with ten different cuisine and 2 pubs. That is also where the gate is for the marina. Below is a photo taken at night |
 |
| Removing the outside wall of the house they have already removed. Doing it very carefully so they don't destroy the neighbors outside wall. |
 |
| Building being knocked down |
 |
| Tug making sure no one passes. River closed for the construction of the new ring road. |
