Thread: Nobody seems to visit BELGIUM

Hello, I was looking down the list, and noticed nothing on Belgium. I was in Belgium returning from the Gulf War on board a ship back in 1991. The ship I was on was suppose to go to NORFOLK, VA but we got diverted to ANTWERPEN, BELGIUM. We were somewhere in the Med, when a shipmate asked me if I have ever been to Belgium. When I replied that I had not, he said, "Well, you are gonna see it now"? We went there to pick up ARMY ABRAHAMS TANKS. Sure enough, instead of a long voyage across the Atlantic, we ended up going north through the Bay of Biscaye in a rotten storm. We went through the English Channel, and proceeded through a LOCK system that lasted some 8 hours. We even could see ROTTERDAM as we proceeded. What an interesting place ANTWERP was. Got to go bar hopping all over that town, clubbing, and they have a crazy red light district, and the infamous "WINDOW SHOPPING" . Drank plenty of Maes Pilsner. If you like architecture, this is definately an OLD CITY with many old buildings, much older than that of any building you find in AMERICA.
ANTWERPEN BELGIUM. Do not leave this out of your cheapskate NON REVEN travel plans.