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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Antwerp, Belgium

Never Regret Anything That Made You Smile




 



 Central Station. As you are heading up the 3 flights of escalators your eyes open to more and more of the beautiful inside of Antwerp's Grand Central Station.

Antwerp is the center for diamonds. The city is located at the right bank river of the Scheldt.
Jiemin and I at the beginning of the shopping street.  Antwerp is not just known for diamonds but also FASHION.  We spent a lot of our time shopping.

 Fun Fact: Antwerp is Antwerpen in Flemish.


History of Name:

In the middle ages a mean and nasty giant controlled the river traffic on the Schelde. Sometimes he demanded tolls otherwise he just refused to allow passage. 

Something had to be done about it so a man named Brabo slew the giant, cut off the