From the MIAT I wander into other parts of Ghent’s historic center. It is now 1pm so instead of focusing on stuff like this…  I’m eyeballing this (isn’t that a great name for a restaurant?):  But Italian wins out today so I grab this table,  and my feet thank me while I look out of this …
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My Lucky City of Ghent
 Over the next few days I am taking you through my lucky city of Ghent (Gent in Dutch and Gand in French) in the Flemish region of northern Belgium. The first time I saw Ghent it was on a damp day and in the grayness the city resembled a gothic painting, beautifully haunting. I knew then that I would …