Belgium much more than just Beer, Waffles & Chocolate
All over Belgium I noticed amazing works of Art on the sides of Buildings.
Full of pleasant surprises.
Gent was the second city on our tour. We were not short of things to do or see here. Join us as we explore "Graffiti Alley".
Werregaren Street, what was once just another alleyway , it is now a kaleidoscope of colour. A welcoming place where Artists can channel their energy.
This medieval city with its magnificent historical buildings and rich artistic tradition has set aside a part of the city where Artists are free to paint. It is a way to discourage people from doing graffiti on historical buildings and in turn giving them spaces to do graffiti.
Layers of paint.
How many masterpieces lie beneath in this ever changing landscape?
I love Picasso
Peace Love and a Walrus
F U World
Still to Come
Bruge is like a f * * * * n fairytale but what about Gent. What else did I find in Gent?
Where are the Waffles my good sir?
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I love the street graffiti. The colors are just so vibrant. I really hope I get to see it soon in person. Well, that and eating waffles hehe :)
:) There were a few more treasures in Gent and Bruges. Still to come.
Belgium! Very nice. This is one place I'm still yet to visit. Actually I call myself the World Travel Pro.......yet I've never been to Europe! Yikes. That will change next year for sure and your photos and descriptions sure help make that clear, thank you!
The thing is I'm a budget traveler/ backpacker. I've been living out of a backpack for about 10 years! I've primarily stuck to places more affordable. Basically Asia, South East Asia, Central and South America. I'm writing to you from a gem of a place; Playa del Carmen, Mexico. What makes this place so great from my budget travel perspective. Is that it's like first world infrastructure and society with third world prices. It's hard to beat that.
I've got a wal-mart down the street, quality public transportation, very safe, gorgeous beaches, yet I can go to a sit down restaurant for about 3 dollars and get authentic clean Mexican food, where in the US (where I'm from) it would cost me at least 20!
Anyway I really enjoy what you write and post about. Seems we have some great things in common. Here on steemit I write no fluff travel reports, with a rating system and everything. They've gotten great reviews. I've only been here a month, so I'm trying to reach out to like minded people like yourself.
Thanks for sharing, I'm sure you'd enjoy my travel reports as well.
I'll certainly be following you!
Have a great day!
World Travel Pro
Wow thanks for the compliments. Great name for your account by the way. I like it.
It sounds like your having a great time travelling the world. I am very jealous of this. I have yet to be to south America and Eastern Asia. There is so much left to see. I am trying to make my way around Europe these days as its the easiest but I have realised there is so much to see. I could spend the rest of my life just visiting a few of my neighbours.
I am delighted you found steemit and I look forward to reading some of your posts. I had not come across your posts till now but I will check them out.
Great to get such a warm reply from you. Yes, to my understanding one could spend a life time just exploring China. So it's good to learn from others as well. I've been enjoying Playa del Carmen, Mexico so much I've been putting off writing my next report. So I'm now going to get busy writing up Medellin, Colombia. Hope to have it posted in a couple hours. Glad to be following you and vice versa.
Cheers,
Dan
I still think chocolate is the coolest thing from Belgium.
thank you for sharing
Wow that beautiful
Good Ones.
Ghent is such a cool city. It was the second stop on my tour as well! Second out of hundreds.
The photos of the street art look great! I missed that ally when I was there. Nice work!
I recently posted some graffiti from Ecuador if you want to check it out.
Where else did you visit?
Most of Europe except the Scandinavian countries, some South East Asia, and some Latin America. My trip was 2 years total.
What about your trip? Where was your favorite place?
Wow that sounds like an amazing trip. My trip was just a short hop over to check out Belgium. I have don't a lot of travelling in the past and I also spent 2 years travelling, mainly around the middle east and south asia. I am checking out Europe now each chance I get. It's hard to choose but my favourite place this trip to Belgium was Gent I think. There was a very interesting museum which I was not expecting at all that I visited. It had some really cool stuff. Something I think a lot of people here on Steemit will like. :)
I see you have written a lot about your travels. I will have to check out your posts. Thanks for stopping by.
If you're going to short-hop to anywhere in Europe you have to see Rome, if you haven't already.
Rome was my last city in Europe and I was sick to death of cities and tourists. Rome was stuffed with tourists, but it was still worth it. If you like history at all, it's a must see. Rome blew me away at every corner.
In Belgium, I only went to Ghent and Brussels. Ghent was better by far. It's a really beautiful place, and young with all the university students.
Your the second person that has mentioned Rome to me in the last few months.
Ill add it to my list after lisbon of course :)
Oh yeah. I should probably get my tickets if I'm going to go.
Wow, that's a lot of graffiti! Pretty amazing.
Still more surprises to come from Gent :)
Very coolourful post, also really like the way you formatted it.
Thank you so much.
Great post :)
You must visit penang , malaysia
I would love to some day. Is that a center for street art?
Yes, is that a center for street art, the best in asean