Tuesday 30 January 2024

Antwerp

Just thought about adding another holiday record.  There's been a long gap!  This time to Antwerp in September 2023.  We're always looking for city breaks and didn't know Antwerp at all.  Turned out to be well worth the visit.   Our Airbnb apartment was light and airy and overlooked the river. 

We visited a musical instrument museum housed in a beautiful brick built building.  There was an excellent audio guide which played music by each of the instruments on display but as we didn't have earphones with us and none were supplied, we didn't make much use of it in case we bothered other visitors. 

A bonus was a young man playing a piano in an upstairs room and we sat for a while for a free concert. 

This was an easy city to walk around.  Some great architecture and good restaurants and a spectacular art gallery by the river. 

 
To round off the visit Peter had a haircut!  We were at the supermarket and he complained about the length of his hair.  I spotted a barber across the road and we went in.  The barber was the silent type and cut Peter's hair, trimmed his eyebrows and moustache and shaved him without a word!  

We were there for about 3 days and kept busy, though we can't now recall what we did!