My trip to Belgium, part 2: Antwerp

The day after we went to Bruges, we headed on toward Antwerp. Can you find Antwerp on a map of Belgium? Like Bruges, Antwerp was a big commercial centre. Here, merchants traded everything from American sugar to South American diamonds. In fact, Antwerp is still a major port today. Ships can sail to Antwerp up the Scheldt River. Can you find on a map what sea the Scheldt flows into? Hint: it's the same sea I told you about when I took my trip to Scotland many months ago.

Here are some photos of me scouting out some of Antwerp's old buildings.

My trip to Belgium, part 1: Bruges

I just returned from a wonderful trip to Belgium with my new friends Alison and Duncan. We traveled to Belgium by train. When we got on the train in London, I was surprised by how big it was: there were eighteen carriages on this train! Can you find on a map how you would take the train from London to Belgium? You actually have to go underwater in order to get to the European continent from here. The train went south to Dover, then through a tunnel which goes under the sea. (Unfortunately, there was not much to see under the sea because the tunnel was very dark.) When we emerged on the other side, the sun was shining and the landscape was very flat, occasionally dotted with tall, thin houses.