Hired a private driver for the six of us travelling together today. Took a trip first to the medieval town of Ghent, Belgium. The town dates back to 900 B.C. (from what we could find). We walked around the town and started by stopping at St. Bavo’s Cathedral. This place was amazing. The ceiling was estimated buy the group as 6-7 stories tall. The architecture was unbelievable. We then walked to an actual castle which was surrounded by a river and a mote (although that part is dried up now).  The tenth century castle is named Gravensteen. I have never been in an actual castle before (don’t think we have many of those in the good old USofA)! This was really cool. We then stopped at a little Mediterranean restaurant for a light lunch which was very tasty.

Next we loaded back in the van and headed to the town of Bruges! A quaint little Belgian town with chocolatiers, pubs and souvenier shops on every street! There was a bustling central square and many waffle shops as well. We spent a couple hours walking around the town,  then met back up with our driver for the ride back to Brussels. Only a couple more days before our team travel competition. Getting excited!