Monday 17th October
An early start and a quick trip to Notre Dame. A dodgy expensive coffee, orange juice and bread stuck at a street cafe, then home to pick up the bags. A metro train to Gare de Nord to catch the fast train to Antwerp, Belgium.
The B&B is fantastic, nice bedroom, huge bathroom, and a relaxing room with couches, much art and a table for breakfast. Classical music playing and a welcome wine, Belgium beer and nibbles. It was most welcomed.
We then went out to see a bit if Antwerp, the current home of diamonds and diamond trade. A visit to a diamond store where we saw the jeweler polishing a stone (actually, not just for tourists) and looked at various stones and rings. It was interesting to see the tradesman applying his craft.
We then went to the old town and saw the lovely old buildings an Cathedral. We stopped for dinner at a nice place and had ack of lamb, lamb chops (about 8) for Jen and a couple of local beers, including a sweet beer that was red!
A walk home via the 'interesting route' and we are ready for tomorrow's train to Schipol, Amsterdam, and then flight to Kuala Lumpur.
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