
Taken on the Flandria boat which travels round the Antwerp port. The trip takes 2.5 hours and costs 12 Euros. We thought it was good value.

Passing the Antwerp port cranes. I also took this in black and white.

Ship in Antwerp.

Containership being loaded in Antwerp.

A deer in Antwerp Zoo. We bought a rail ticket which included a visit to the zoo, so that was our first port of call when we arrived in Antwerp.

Humboldt penguins, Antwerp Zoo.

Muskrats in Antwerp.

Unknown, Antwerp Zoo.
After visiting the zoo, we headed off towards the market square for dinner, but our favourite eaterie had been closed and replaced by a Mexican grill, which we did not want to go in. We had an Italian meal instead, and after the boat ride had some gorgeous chips at Frituur No 1.

The Casino in Oostende. The weather was not always so nice!
We had a couple of days where we travelled on the Coast-Tram. On the first journey we went north towards Knokke, and our first stop was De Haan.

The main street in De Haan. This is a seriously pretty place, probably the nicest on the coast I've seen so far.

De Haan.

Along the seafront of De Haan.

An ornate sign at De Haan tram stop.

De Haan - looking northwards towards the water tower along the route of Coast-Tram.

An amusing sign in Oostende. We don't have "dog toilet" areas in Britain.
We also re-visited Eupen, where we ate in the same place (Ratskeller) and had better weather than last year.

A bar in Eupen. The local beer, Eupener, is very good.

Eupen church.

Fountain in Eupen.

Corner in Eupen.

Eupen street scene.

Nice to see the sun in Eupen!
We had an evening stroll through a park in Oostende and ended up being followed by loads of cats.




The Oostende-Ramsgate ferry leaving.

Our Oostende hotel - probably the best we've stayed in in Belgium.

Oostende's memorial to the Vindictive.

And again.

The old water tower in an Oostende park. This is a protected monument.
Our most disappointing trip was Tongeren. The weather was bad, there was scaffolding and building works all over and the most photogenic bits were obscured by a travelling fairground.

Tongeren church. I took three photos in this town and a few seconds of video.
And last, but by no means least, there is Zeebrugge. We had three visits to this gem of a place - one when we went north on Coast-Tram, another on Sunday to see the beach area and have a harbour trip (this coincided with the powerboat racing so there were quite a few people knocking about) and another when we realised that we would see nothing of Nieuwpoort because it was dug up, De Panne was too windy and we wanted somewhere nice to have dinner so we headed to the place where we had dinner a few days before, and also visited Maritime Theme Park.

The Fishermen's Cross, a monument to Zeebrugge fishermen who have been lost at sea.

The lightship in Zeebrugge, part of Maritime Theme Park.

The beach area of Zeebrugge.

The pretty (!) viewpoint from Zeebrugge beach.

Zeebrugge church.

Containership being loaded, taken from boat.

Ship in Zeebrugge.

Another containership in Zeebrugge.

Zeebrugge's cranes.

And again.

Dunes in Zeebrugge.

Fishing boat, Zeebrugge.

Zeebrugge is the only town where I drink Hoegaarden.

Inside the lightship.

Quay signs in Zeebrugge.

Kustlaan, the main street through Zeebrugge, and very dusty it is too.

Kustlaan looking the other way.

Light ship again.

Zeebrugge's marina.

Our favourite Zeebrugge eaterie - "Old Barrel" (or "T'awd Barrel") - we ate here twice, having pork chop the first time and pork ribs the second. The food is very good and it gets busy. It is near the beach.

I have a huge soft spot for this place "Old Steamer" (or "T'awd Stee-a-mer"). We discovered this place last year and it was nice to get inside out of the intense heat. I had a massive glass of ice cold Hoegaarden and we sat and watched the fish, but now the fish tank is cracked and there are no fish but we still had a couple of drinks (Hoegaarden of course) in this little gem. It's on Rederskaai.

P&O ship, taken from boat.

An overgrown Zeebrugge roadside, but the eagle-eyed among you will spot the real reason I took this photo.

The old hotel in Zeebrugge.

The memorial to the Battle of St George's Day, Zeebrugge.

Road near the port area.

Sculpture in Zeebrugge. This year is the centenary of the harbour.

More of Zeebrugge's unique signs!

Small boat in Zeebrugge.

Interesting-named sign in Zeebrugge.

Inside the venerable old stoptrein which took us from Brugge to Zeebrugge Strand.

The Russian "Foxtrot" submarine in Zeebrugge, park of Seafront Maritime Theme Park.

The torpedo bay inside the very claustrophobic sub.

The water tower of Zeebrugge, prominent landmark and great for finding your way back to Dorp station.

The light ship's light.

Yacht sailing past the port cranes.