This morning, my ride was coming late and so I re-walked my route from last night. The shot of the church tower wrapped in plastic was taken inside this old gateway to St. Jan's Hospital.

The pond by the nunnery is as pretty in the day,



and inside it is a pool of calm in the hustle of this tourust town.



The church was open and nuns were leaving when I arrived.



Walking back up to town, I passed the larger church comlex, with its docks on the side from when the canals were more than decorative.



Inside here is much more elaborate. ( I didn't get any shots from the Cathedral as everything there was covered as the renovations continue.)  St.. Donatora's also had tombed opened for viewing and the bell tower, which I skipped climbing.



After Danny picked me up, we stopped at the spot the postcards show of Brugge, which is another angle on the merchant houese I shot above. We then drove to his office in Ghent.



After business, we went to old part of Ghent, where you see the skyline.



The oldest remaining homes are on the canal and one dates from the 1400s.



We walked past the old meat market which still had hams hanging in it,



and past the fortess.



looping back to the other side of the canal. This is shot from outside the 1600s vintage favulty club of the University of Ghent.



I then took the train to Brussels, changed for Leige, then for Maastrickt, and then for Sittard. My instructions were for taking the first exit for Sittard, but it turned out to be Esloo. This is a little country stop with no staff, and I was just about to head for the lights of the nearest building when a bus came by with Sittard on the front.  I took that, and ended up here an hour and a half late.  A quick cab ride from the station got me safely to the hotel.  The window isn't bad again but the bells were loud.

 
(better photo coming...this got weird on uploading)

Dinner was Chinese with a Indoneasian flair - a fried rice served with a side dish of three meats (one with saurkraut!) that you mixed in like with Chicken rice. Served with a nice dark beer. Then I posted this and crashed.