After yesterday’s debacle on the bus, we decided to drive into Ghent, with the aid of the TomTom which has really come into its own on this trip already. We found some on-street parking and, reading the information on the meter as best we could, it seemed we’d be ok but I thought I’d ask someone to make sure. It’s very humbling to find that anyone you speak to, be it a construction worker or groundsman etc. can switch languages at will between, French, Dutch, English or German.
We’d arrived in Ghent at the tail end of the Ghent Music Fest (Gentse Feesten), which is probably an advantage in the evenings when it may well have been buzzing, but it made for a marquee cluttered mess in the day time. There are three interlinked squares where most buildings of historic interest can be found and we did our usual walking tour. The high spot was the visit to the St. Baafskathedral to see the Van Eyck’s 1432 altarpiece The Adoration of the Lamb. It’s kept in a temperature controlled, half dark chapel and the four euro entry fee includes a 45 minute audio guide that explains each pane in great detail.
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