Today I spent the day visiting Antwerp, a city in Flanders. I've heard good things about it before, so I had relatively high expectations before going. And while there were definitely things I liked about the place, there were a couple of points (things that were out of control of anyone's control though) that brought it down in my eyes.
First of all, it takes just over two hours to get there (and back) from Liege, which meant that I spent more than 4 hours of the day just sitting on a train. So I didn't have as much time as I would have liked to visit the city.
Secondly, even though Monday is usually the day when museums are closed here, it turns out that in Antwerp a couple are closed on Wednesdays as well or instead of Monday. On top of that, I managed to pick a day when the majority of the museums that were normally still open were undergoing industrial action and so they were either closed or manned by skeleton staff and so were partially closed.
Thirdly, the places where you can see how diamonds are treated, cut, etc. close for the season in October - so I couldn't see any of it, which was quite disappointing.
Despite that, it's not like I had a bad day - the Grote Markt and the Cathedral were definitely worth a visit, as was Ruben's house (which was partially open).
First of all, it takes just over two hours to get there (and back) from Liege, which meant that I spent more than 4 hours of the day just sitting on a train. So I didn't have as much time as I would have liked to visit the city.
Secondly, even though Monday is usually the day when museums are closed here, it turns out that in Antwerp a couple are closed on Wednesdays as well or instead of Monday. On top of that, I managed to pick a day when the majority of the museums that were normally still open were undergoing industrial action and so they were either closed or manned by skeleton staff and so were partially closed.
Thirdly, the places where you can see how diamonds are treated, cut, etc. close for the season in October - so I couldn't see any of it, which was quite disappointing.
Despite that, it's not like I had a bad day - the Grote Markt and the Cathedral were definitely worth a visit, as was Ruben's house (which was partially open).
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