Category: Belgium

Bruges/Brugge? It’s so difficult to get the names right in Belgium. Most places have three names we have to consider: the Dutch/Flemish, the French/Wallonian and the English. So we have, variously, Ghent (En), Gent (Du) and Gand (Fr). Fortunately, the English and the French both…

Ghent to Bruges via Deinze The next major tourist destination was to be Bruges, only a short cruise by the direct route, but having some time to spare, we elected to detour on the way there. A pretty river cruise We had been told that there…

A Pause in Ghent We were now in Flanders, with about two weeks before we wanted to be at our winter mooring and only two or three days cruising separated us from Veurne. So it was now time to slow down and take in the…

Setting the Scene Here’s a map that covers our travels we made in Belgium over the next two and a half weeks. The big challenge for us newbies was ascending the big, tidal, busy, fast flowing Scheldt river to Ghent. After that, we would be in…