Ghent, Belgium was such a nice surprise. One day I was just looking for a pitstop between Normandy and home, when I noticed that Ghent had a Marriott. Well, if there’s a Marriott in this unfamiliar city, there must be something to see, right? Was there ever. I’ll admit that when we drove into the city, I was not impressed. But that did not last.
Meh. It’s a city.Then it started getting cuterWell, that looks beautiful.That’s just the side of a building (seen while circling city in search of the Marriott)Very artsy-fartsy building artAnd now we’ve arrived: the canal on which the Marriott sitsBeautiful cathedralThe view from the Marriott atrium–awesome dimension!The Castle of Counts was so stereotypical that it seemed unreal–like a replica, or a Medieval Times. It was breathtaking.The view from a fortress windowAnother cool fortress viewCanals wove through the city, in every directionI couldn’t get enough of it!Even walls of torn down buildings were beautifulMore building art in what turned out to be an artsy-fartsy city!A local candy–and it wasn’t Belgian chocolate. It was delicious despite tasting like a combination of cough syrup and berry-flavored gummies. I don’t know how that turned out to be good, but it was.Cathedrallocal specialty chicken stewNot a bad place to wake up Easter morning!
Kari Martindale likes words, so she uses them a lot. Kari sits on the Board of Maryland Writers' Association and is involved with various nonprofits. She writes spoken word poetry, children's books, and other stuff, like whatever blog post you just read. Kari has visited over 35 countries and all 50 States, and is always planning her next road trip. She likes her family a lot; they tolerate her just fine.