Geentse Feesten ( Gent Festival)

This past weekend, Belgium celebrated its Independence Day. The city of Gent has one of the largest festivals so we headed off to Gent Saturday afternoon. We biked to the train station and parked our bikes with the thousands of other bikes and took the 30 minute train ride to Gent. We took the local tram/bus into the city center and toured on from there. Gent has a very beautiful castle that I've always wanted to go in but didn't want to pay the entry fee. On Saturday, it was free. We took the tour, walked up a few hundred spiral stairs to the top and had wonderful views of the city. Next, we took a canal boat tour through the canals of Gent. I learned a lot more useful information for the guided tour that I give to all of our visitors. After our touristy stuff, we moved on to find the 5 or so stages to see what music was playing. I'd describe this as a free music midtown like Atlanta has. One stage was built across the water. We wanted to stay until the fireworks but they were at 11:30 and our last train was at 11:35 so we headed back early. We arrived back in Brugge and realized that we didn't have any mandatory lights on our bikes. It's kind of like a car, without lights, you really can't see in the dark. We eventually made it home after hopping off and walking our bikes every time we saw a cop. Just another Scott and Lacy adventure for you!

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