Gent

1. Near our hostel. If you ever go to Ghent, stay at Hostel 47.
2. 8. 9. 10. 12. Graffiti.
3. Medieval Castle.
4. Canal.
5. Artwork part of TRACK.
6. Unfinished church (see the tower with no top on the right).
7. The belfort.
11. View from the medieval castle Gravensteen.
13. Buildings with gable-stepped roofs.

We arrived a couple of days after the annual Gentse Feesten; a 10 day festival where the entire city parties for 10 days straight, so everyone was still in hibernation and the people we encountered all asked if we'd been here for it.. and we wished we had. It took another two days from when we arrived for the rubbish to be cleaned, all the plastic cups and random bits of debris left around all the squares.

Story time -
On our first night we found Café Video within a maze of deserted streets and discovered that we'd stumbled across a really good night. An incredibly talented live band Sleepers' Reign had a gig and the atmosphere in the tiny bar was buzzing. We met some locals (one of the most awesome things that you're able to do when travelling) and drank and sat in awe at how unbelievable it was to be sitting there in a Belge bar listening to great music and chatting with people from the other side of the world.

Saturday night, we decided to go out to the 'Student Street' in the south of Ghent which is near Universiteit Gent and all the student housing and subsequently is where all the youth of Ghent go to party. Apparently. It was dead. It was only after we'd gotten back to the hostel, while talking to another guest that we realised that the school year had finished and all the students had probably stayed for the Gentse Feesten and then gone home to hibernate. And that was our Saturday night in Ghent.