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Over 2 years ago, I accompanied Agoes to Leuven, Belgium - where Agoes attended an international seminar, while I was intended to have a great time…:)

Actually, I went there, because my good fiend, Cali  was studying there with his wife…so I called him up and we arranged to meet up somewhere in the town in Leuven.

We actually met up…and he and his wive, Atiet, showed me around Leuven..which was beautiful.
They took me to see their school in Arenberg

Arenberg is actually an old castle, but they use it as part of campus at Leuven University.
It is situated just outskirt the city.
We went there by bus, which as students, they could ride it for free.
As tourist, I had to pay 1euro, which was cheap…..

Besides met up with my friend and did sightseeing in Leuven, I also went to the capital city, Brusell, and Brugge.

For me, Brugge is an interesting city. It is located in a northen part of Belgium, near the Netherlands. The people living there, they speak ‘Good Dutch’…hehehe.
What I meant with ‘Good Dutch’ is that for Belgians who speak Dutch, I think they have a clearer pronunciation then Nederlanders…so you can easily understand them and speak to them with your good-enough Dutch…:)
Furthermore, in Brugge, the city is not too big and crowded like Brusell. And the atmosphere was somewhat serene. It looks like an old town, that’s why I took some black and white picture of the city…and it came out beautiful…

They look old, don’t they??…and there’s carriages also…:))
it is said that Brugge is a city of art. Its Civil buildings and churches give a survey of nine centuries of architecture: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, Neo-Classicism, and Modern.
I wonder, how the city looks like in Winter - my favourite time of the year…:)

Different from Brugge, Leuven also has it charms as a city of education.
Maybe it is more similar to Bandung, but different in the environment. In Leuven, there’s no smog and the traffic is not as bad as Bandung nowadays.

I went for a walk around the city for sightseeing. I did it on my own, as I was given a map for city tour. It can be done by walking, so why not???
While I was sightseeing, I wondered if Agoes had done the same as I did right then, he would probably lost since he has a bad sense of direction…hehehehe…:)
I remember having a fight in one our trips just because I insisted that we didn’t need a compass to find our ways around…but Agoes would not survive and doesn’t have the confidence traveling without his compass…*sigh*…

Anyway, back to Leuven…there are so many statues right in the middle of the street…and I find it very unique…and the most impressive thing is the Central Universiteit Bibliotheek.
It is a beautiful old building with a square in front of it. Fortunately, I had a chance to visit it and saw the inside of the building. It was fascinating!!!!!! I love the smell of old books and the interior of the library.

    This is a statue called "Baloon van de Vriendschap"
    This statue is located just across the street outside the Central Universiteit
    Bibliotheek. So many tourists took picture in front of it.

                                                                                                                           
                              And this is the Central Universiteit Bibliotheek.                                                  It is located exactly in the heart of the city.

     This one is a statue called ‘Kotmadam’.
     It is statue of a woman sitting on bench and it is surrounded by cafes in the
     city centre.
     People could sit next to her….

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