To Leuven and back (Part 3)
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Friday morning, as I made my way to another hotel to join my professor/mentor from Berkeley for breakfast, I stumbled upon the Leuven's market day. One of two actually. On Friday, it's Flowers and Fish (yes, this is Catholic territory after all) while on Satuday, it's general market day. As it was still early, the sellers were still setting up, but there's enough out for a few shots (below). Seeing all the flowers reminds me again that I am in the heart of Flanders fields, where poppies blow...
My professor was staying at the Gasthof de Pastorij, one of loveliest boutique hotels I've ever seen. The facade is nothing to write home about, but the inside is extremely cozy and tastefully done up; with only seven rooms to boot (first picture below, building on the right). In any case, I'm willing to give high marks for any Gasthof that serves freshly baked bread, smoked salmon and mackerel--among other things--in the breakfast spread. Since I'm already thinking of going back to Leuven (with wifey and Penny) at some point, I'm definitely considering the Pastorij.
Just round the corner from the Pastorij (first picture below, tall church building in the background) is the Sint-Michielshek, one of the 'seven wonders' of Leuven (also second to fourth picture).
Though the main theme is Flowers and Fish, it doesn't mean that other stuff are not available as well (first three pictures below). Too bad I didn't have a lot of time to shop that morning--conference session starts soon and my paper was the second one. I did find some time to snap a few random statues that dot the town center later in the day (fourth to sixth picture).
(To be continued...)
Friday morning, as I made my way to another hotel to join my professor/mentor from Berkeley for breakfast, I stumbled upon the Leuven's market day. One of two actually. On Friday, it's Flowers and Fish (yes, this is Catholic territory after all) while on Satuday, it's general market day. As it was still early, the sellers were still setting up, but there's enough out for a few shots (below). Seeing all the flowers reminds me again that I am in the heart of Flanders fields, where poppies blow...
My professor was staying at the Gasthof de Pastorij, one of loveliest boutique hotels I've ever seen. The facade is nothing to write home about, but the inside is extremely cozy and tastefully done up; with only seven rooms to boot (first picture below, building on the right). In any case, I'm willing to give high marks for any Gasthof that serves freshly baked bread, smoked salmon and mackerel--among other things--in the breakfast spread. Since I'm already thinking of going back to Leuven (with wifey and Penny) at some point, I'm definitely considering the Pastorij.
Just round the corner from the Pastorij (first picture below, tall church building in the background) is the Sint-Michielshek, one of the 'seven wonders' of Leuven (also second to fourth picture).
Though the main theme is Flowers and Fish, it doesn't mean that other stuff are not available as well (first three pictures below). Too bad I didn't have a lot of time to shop that morning--conference session starts soon and my paper was the second one. I did find some time to snap a few random statues that dot the town center later in the day (fourth to sixth picture).
(To be continued...)
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