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Antwerp- Andrew, Jacqui and her Mum - 2023

FERRY FROM HULL TO ROTTERDAM

The Pride of Rotterdam, Docked at Hull
The Pride of Rotterdam, Docked at Hull

Onboard the Pride of Rotterdam
Onboard the Pride of Rotterdam

Interior on the Pride of Rotterdam
Interior on the Pride of Rotterdam

View of the Humber from the Pride of Rotterdam, just before departure
View of the Humber from the Pride of Rotterdam, just before departure

The River Humber as we depart from Hull
The River Humber as we depart from Hull

The Humber Bridge in the distance
The Humber Bridge in the distance

Next Day - Arriving in Rotterdam
Next Day - Arriving in Rotterdam

A Rainy Arrival in Antwerp, Belgium
A Rainy Arrival in Antwerp

VRIJDAGMARKT

Vrijdagmarkt (Friday Market), Antwerp, Belgium
Vrijdagmarkt

Statue of St. Catherine, Vrijdagmarkt, Antwerp, Belgium
Statue of St. Catherine, Vrijdagmarkt, Antwerp

Sunny Afternoon on Vrijdagmarkt, Antwerp, Belgium
Sunny Afternoon on Vrijdagmarkt, Antwerp

Another view of Vrijdagmarkt, Antwerp, Belgium
Another view of Vrijdagmarkt, Antwerp

The Cathedral Tower over Vrijdagmarkt at Night, Antwerp, Belgium
The Cathedral Tower over Vrijdagmarkt at Night, Antwerp

The Museum Plantin-Moretus, Vrijdagmarkt, Antwerp, Belgium
The Museum Plantin-Moretus, Vrijdagmarkt, Antwerp

GROTE MARKT

Antwerp City Hall on the Grote Markt, Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerp Ciy Hall on the Grote Markt (Great Market)

The Brabo Fountain and some of the Guildhalls, Grote Markt, Antwerp, Belgium
Brabo Fountain and some of the Guildhalls, Grote Markt, Antwerp

Cathedral Tower, Grote Markt, Antwerp, Belgium
Cathedral Tower, Grote Markt, Antwerp

Brabo Fountain and City Hall, Antwerp, Belgium
Brabo Fountain and City Hall, Antwerp

Brabo throwing the Giant's Hand into the Scheldt River (in Flemish "hant werpen" hand launch), Grote Markt, Antwerp, Belgium
Brabo throwing the Giant's Hand into the Scheldt River (in Flemish "hant werpen" hand launch), Grote Markt

Guildhalls on the Grote Markt, Antwerp, Belgium
Guildhalls on the Grote Markt, Antwerp

Typical Flemish Architecture, Grote Markt, Antwerp, Belgium
Typical Flemish Architecture on Grote Markt, Antwerp

Brabo vanquishing the Giant, Antwerp, Belgium
Brabo vanquishing the Giant, Antwerp

Cathedral and Grote Markt, Antwerp, Belgium
Cathedral and Grote Markt, Antwerp

Sunshine on the Grote Markt, Antwerp, Belgium
Sunshine on the Grote Markt, Antwerp

Brabo Fountain and City Hall, Antwerp, Belgium
Brabo Fountain and City Hall, Antwerp

Detail on Guildhall Roof, Grote Markt, Antwerp, Belgium
Detail on Guildhall Roof, Grote Markt, Antwerp

OUT AND ABOUT IN ANTWERP

Typical Antwerp scene, Belgium
Typical Antwerp scene

Oude Koornmarkt, Antwerp, Belgium
Oude Koornmarkt, Antwerp

Cool Doggies, Antwerp, Belgium
Cool Doggies, Antwerp

Colourful Moggies, Antwerp, Belgium
Colourful Moggies, Antwerp

Typical Cat View - Antwerp, Belgium
Typical Cat View!

Grand Building on Suikkerui, Antwerp, Belgium
Grand Building on Suikkerui, Antwerp

Detail of Statues, Suikkerui, Antwerp, Belgium
Detail of Statues, Suikkerui, Antwerp

Mushroom Mural, Sint-Jansvliet, Antwerp, Belgium
Mushroom Mural, Sint-Jansvliet, Antwerp

Mannequins and Murals, Kloosterstraat, Antwerp, Belgium
Mannequins and Murals, Kloosterstraat, Antwerp

Port Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
Port Museum, Antwerp

Climbing Men Art, Antwerp, Belgium
Climbing Men Art, Antwerp

"A" Art and Marina, Antwerp, Belgium
"A" Art and Marina, Antwerp

Meir - Antwerp's Premier Shopping Street, Belgium
Meir - Antwerp's Premier Shopping Street

The Boerentoren, Europe's First Skyscraper, Antwerp, Belgium
The Boerentoren - Europe's First Skyscraper, Antwerp

Mmmm... munchies.  Antwerp, Belgium
Mmmm... Munchies

Perusing the Munchies - Antwerp, Belgium
Perusing the Munchies

HET STEEN

Het Steen - The Castle of Antwerp, Belgium
Het Steen - The Castle of Antwerp

Lange Wapper Statue, Het Steen, Antwerp, Belgium
Lange Wapper Statue at Het Steen, Antwerp

Gatehouse of Het Steen, Antwerp, Belgium
Gatehouse of Het Steen, Antwerp

Courtyard and Sculpture, Het Steen, Antwerp, Belgium
Courtyard and Sculpture, Het Steen, Antwerp

View from Inner Courtyard, Het Steen, Antwerp, Belgium
View from Inner Courtyard, Het Steen, Antwerp

One of the Tapestries of Het Steen, Antwerp, Belgium
One of the Tapestries of Het Steen, Antwerp

Another of the Story of Antwerp Tapestries, Het Steen, Belgium
Another of the Story of Antwerp Tapestries, Het Steen

Tapestry Detail, Het Steen, Antwerp, Belgium
Tapestry Detail, Het Steen, Antwerp

Antwerp Zoo Detail on Tapestry at Het Steen, Belgium
Antwerp Zoo Detail on Tapestry at Het Steen

Ferry Across the Schedlt River by Het Steen, Antwerp, Belgium
Ferry Across the Scheldt River, Het Steen, Antwerp

Het Steen guarding the Scheldt, Antwerp, Belgium
Het Steen Guarding the Scheldt, Antwerp

Antwerp Skyline from Het Steen, Belgium
Antwerp Skyline from Het Steen

ANTWERP CATHEDRAL

Antwerp's Cathedral from Groenenplaats, Antwerp, Belgium
Antwerp's Cathedral from Groenenplaats

Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal from Sukkerui, Antwerp, Belgium
Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal from Sukkerui, Antwerp

Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal peeking through the old buildings of Antwerp, Belgium
Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal peeking through the old buildings of Antwerp

Nello and Patrache outside Antwerp Cathedral, Belgium
Nello and Patrache outside Antwerp Cathedral

Nello and Patrache and Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp, Belgium
Nello and Patrache and Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp

Onze  Lieve Vrouwekathedraal and Rubens Statue, Groenenplaats, Antwerp, Belgium
Onze  Lieve Vrouwekathedraal and Rubens Statue, Groenenplaats, Antwerp

SINT-ANNA TUNNEL

Entrance to the Sint-Anna Tunnel under the Scheldt River, Antwerp, Belgium
Entrance to the Sint-Anna Tunnel under the Scheldt River, Antwerp

Art Deco Lifts, Sint-Anna Tunnel, Antwerp, Belgium
Art Deco Lifts, Sint-Anna Tunnel, Antwerp

Sint-Anna Foot Tunnel under the Scheldt River, Antwerp, Belgium
Sint-Anna Foot Tunnel under the Scheldt River, Antwerp

Coming back up from the Sint-Anna Tunnel, Antwerp, Belgium
Coming back up from the Sint-Anna Tunnel, Antwerp

Escalator Exchange - Sint-Anna Tunnel, Antwerp, Belgium
Escalator Exchange! - Sint-Anna Tunnel, Antwerp

LEAVING ROTTERDAM FOR HULL

The Pride of Rotterdam, leaving Rotterdam for the return journey to Hull
The Pride of Rotterdam, leaving Rotterdam for the return journey to Hull


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