30 april 2010. ghent is dusty. construction is everywhere. you now stand in the historical center’ sint-baafs’ square. you look at north, east, south, west, you notice cathedrals, fortress in close proximity. on your back is sint baaf’s cathedral, right in front of you is belfort, on your right is the art deco theatre, further down is the old post office, and many other cathedrals.
you heard of the famous painting ‘mystic of the lamb’ and you make an obligatory visit to sint baaf’s cathedral. you find this cathedral surprisingly bright and airily. you have a grasp of the copy of the painting.
you are hungry again. since you are in belgium, you thought you should try the belgium fries. you walk into a small lunch room just next to the belfort.
while waiting for your fries to arrive, you take a shot of belfort from within the lunchroom. you like the perspective and the way the photo is constructed. the watch tower, blue sky, cotton clouds, passer by and a window frame.
you fries finally arrive. big portion.
you find the mayonnaise is a little sour than the dutch version.but both of you finished them off.
p/s: i don't know why i wrote this in third person, i guess since is started i decided to let the story line flows in third person perspective, a new way of writing for me too.
pp/s: i still have a lot of photos, thoughts and story on ghent, but organizing the photos and sorting my thoughts take awhile, it's late now on sunday night, so the rest of ghent story can wait...
have a blessed week ahead!
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