Mechelen is a city of many historic churches, eight are promoted as places worthy a visit. We each picked a church of our wish list, for Mr C it was Church of our Lady Hanswidj and for me it was Beguinage Church and between us we decided to include Church of Our Lady Across the [...]
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Mechelen – Day Four
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 3rd 2014
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Mechelen – Day Three
The weather was fine when we ventured out after breakfast so first port of call was back to the military barracks. On our visit the previous day we had forgotten to walk around the side to see the restored railway carriage that had transported the Jews from the barracks to Auschwitz Birkenau.
We then set off [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 2nd 2014
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Mechelen – Day Two
After a good nights sleep we ventured downstairs for breakfast. The breakfast room is quite stunning. It is situated in what was the choir of the church.
The breakfast buffet was one of the best I have ever seen. There was a decadent option of having a glass of Cava to put you in [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Apr 1st 2014
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Mechelen – Day One
The traffic to Stafford station was heavier than expected. This cut it a bit fine for getting to the station in time for printing off the tickets. Luckily the ticket printing ran smoothly, which is not always the case.
Once on the train, we had a bacon buttie and cup of tea for breakfast. Some things [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 31st 2014
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Brough Castle
This ruined castle was situated next to a delightful tea-shop that we stumbled across on our way home from our Newcastle and Crookham holiday.
I have now come to the end of my Newcastle and Crookham posts and will be moving onto my recent adventures in Mechelen.
The name ‘Brough’ comes from ‘Burg’ or ‘Burgh’ meaning fort, [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 29th 2014
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The Wanderer Returns…
…from a long weekend in Mechelen.
A city of art, architecture, history and bicycles. Photographs and a diary of my adventures coming soon.
16 Comments CherryPie on Mar 26th 2014
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Saturday Sunset…
…Over ‘My Oak Tree’.
10 Comments CherryPie on Mar 18th 2014
