Each year since Venice,,,i’ve been toying with going to some other place in Europe. Of course, being almost constantly unemployed over the past 3 years, and being deep in debt,,,this hasnt been anything i could seriously consider….
But with the new Real Jpb looming, i’ve started daydreaming again. I’ve long been fascinated with the areas around Normandy/Brussles (probably from my Medieval History studies). And for no one reason i can think of, Antwerp is a city that calls to me.
I had asked my friend who is a travel agent, what was the overall cheapest airfare to Europe, other than Paris and London, and she said that would be Frankfort. I looked up info about what Frankfor had to offer, but found i’d rather go to Heidelberg. But the costs of flying to one and then getting to the other made it abit prohibative for now.
So i started researching Antwerp…(havent asked about the airfare just yet. I found i could get a very nice youth hostel that included breakfast for less than $500 (american) for 5-6 nights (not bad condsidering the Euro Exchange Rates). There much to be seen just walking around the central area: many many historical churches, ancient foundations (it was established in approx. 970 c.e.) (for me, the OLDER the locale, the BETTER! :), much unique culture and ties to the old spice trade routes. ‘Sound like my kind of place-!
‘Have figure out the cost of airfare yet, and how much i’d need to save to comfortable pay from the daily expenses. (meals, souvineers, museum tickets, etc). But when i get the go-ahead for the new good job,,,,i’m going to start trying to set this up for Nov 2007 or Feb 2008…
‘Cant wait to taste a Genuine Belgian Waffle -!!
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