our new home

since december first we live in a new home. its located in a national recreation park: "hoge kempen" (5700 ha). the new "house" is a kind of refined log cabin with all concievable luxuary: triple isolation, double glazing, electric heating system/airco, 2 kerosine heaters, a 5-burner gas stove, luxurious shower cabin with light, radio, fan and a kind of jaccuzzi function, 2 refrigerators/freezers, washing machine/dryer, led-spots in the ceiling and 2 led-tv's. there is a restaurant at walk-distance (30 meters, a pool at 60 meters distance, a tennis court and a fishpond (all inclusive ;)-- because it is a new house it is quite logical that we bought a little black car: the chevrolet spark (the 4-years-old chevrolet aveo fall out of place :)-- and at my surprise x-mas already started before 25th of december, and the view through the 6 windows in our living room is breath-taking. and even santa claus is present. nature is splendid as it is and now we can rediscover the flora and fauna (ringdove is on the x-mas menu ;)-- the intriguing silence encourages my philosophical mind to produce de novo chimera and deep thoughts. who can do better?

antwerp

antwerp by itself is an open museum of historic buildings and houses. the central station is recently updated and looks really wonderful. i like antwerp more than brussels because it is more cosy and close a great site for foreigners is http://www.belgiumview.com/antwerpen/

academie cathedral view from vrijdagmarkt

cathedral: several standpoints of (narrow) view

cathedral

central station elevator central station passage groundflour

central station modern cupula central station to the subway

central station to the subway look at the passengers hall

central station and central hall view at the passangers hall

modern cupula central station side gallery

gallery jamar fashion outlet store and a slight different view

gallery jamar front view green place = groen plaats

great market = grote markt grote markt side view

grote markt central view grote markt side view

grote markt view from the right grote markt frontal view

grote markt view from the left grote markt view on cathedral


grote markt central portion grote goddard

grote markt side view grote markt and cathedral


grote markt strange perspective grote markt and cathedral

grote markt & cathedral and some corel paintshop pro photo x2

hendrik conscience square and the carolus borromeus church

"het zuid": museum of arts " het zuid": museum of arts

"het zuid": museum of arts detail highstreet = hoogstraat

hoogstraat: de zwarte panter/the black panther highstreet

hoogstraat hoek haarstraat highstreet = hoogstraat

kloosterstraat (cloisterstreet) and mercator ortelius huis (house)

kloosterstraat-mercator orteliushuis and view inside at venus

kloosterstraat and a restplace kloosterstraat and antiqueshop

kloosterstraat and façade kloosterstraat old house

kloosterstraat and old house kloosterstraat and house anno 1633

kloosterstraat near river the schelde - lange ridderstraat

lombardenvest and religious group karel the great statue


meir kbc bank leeuw van vlaanderen jacob jordaens

meir stadsfeestzaal (city-festival-hall)


meir stadsfeestzaal

meir stadsfeestzaal

meir stadsfeestzaal groundflour

minderbroedersrui oever_muntstraat

voc building

pottenbrug and some corel paint shop pro photo x2)

rijkswacht = gendarmerie view from the river quay the schelde

scheldestraat scheldestraat radio tower of policestation

sint jansvliet sint jansvliet

sint jansvliet suikerrui and hilton hotel

suikerrui suikerrui and hilton hotel

vlasmarkt statue of neptune

vrijdagmarkt vrijdagmarkt

wijngaardstraat vrijdagmarkt zuiderpershuis

zuiderpershuis