Two Visits to Belgium
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In 1950, my parents took us to Europe. To save money my mother and my sister and I all were on the same passport. I'm on the left - age 12. My...
My dad was an Anatomist -he taught human anatomy to first year medical students. And he was interested in photographing human anatomy whether...
We also took a day trip to Antwerp
street scene - Antwerp
and we visited Ruben's house
Statues at Ruben's house
Stained glass detail
and...
April 24, 2016
We were on a river cruise from Amsterdam - in Belgium for just one day.
For Antwerp I picked the Rubens' house tour because I had...
Then we went into the garden
Rubens' garden
Pagoda in the garden
Blooming wisteria
and I took photos of the scaffolding and the details of...
They picked us back up after the house tour and we continued walking. It was better weather now - the sun was out although it was still cold...
When the cab came, he didn't speak much English, but as long as I had got to a warm place where I could sit comfortably, I decided to see if I...
Now to get back to the ship.
War Memorial - Antwerp City Park
Boula theater
I had the foresight to have the plan of the day which had the...
barge tug
Tug
Red buoy
storm clouds
storm clouds over the river
burning off gas
Dinner was a Belgian dinner
I had the Belgian endive...