Images from Ghent
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Images from Ghent

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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.
Meh. It’s a city.
Then it started getting cuter
Then it started getting cuter
Well, that looks beautiful.
Well, that looks beautiful.
That's just the side of a building
That’s just the side of a building (seen while circling city in search of the Marriott)
Very artsy-fartsy building art
Very artsy-fartsy building art
And now we've arrived: the canal.
And now we’ve arrived: the canal on which the Marriott sits
cathedral
Beautiful cathedral
view from ghent marriott
The view from the Marriott atrium–awesome dimension!
european castles, fortress
The Castle of Counts was so stereotypical that it seemed unreal–like a replica, or a Medieval Times. It was breathtaking.
The skyline as seen from the fortress
The view from a fortress window
castle of the counts
Another cool fortress view
weeping willows
Canals wove through the city, in every direction
I couldn't get enough of it!
I couldn’t get enough of it!
Even walls of torn down buildings were beautiful
Even walls of torn down buildings were beautiful
More building art in what turned out to be an artsy-fartsy city!
More building art in what turned out to be an artsy-fartsy city!
A local candy.  It was delicious despite tasting like a combination of cough syrup and berry-flavored gummies.  I don't know how it was good, but it was.
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.
Cathedral
Cathedral
local specialty chicken stew
local specialty chicken stew
Not a bad place to wake up Easter morning!
Not a bad place to wake up Easter morning!

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