An annual event that every Gentenaar can be proud of! It attracts crowds by the bus loads from neighbouring countries. Our medium size city is always bursting at the seams to accommodate all our guests. The festival offers concerts, recitals, plays, stand up comedies, theatre, all kinds of shows, musical extravaganza and many more. Lots of small street performances which is one of our favourites to look out for. To be honest, the crowd does put me off but if you go early or choose what you want to do and see, it is enjoyable. This year, the weather Gods hasn’t been kind to us, the first day parade was rolled out on a cold, windy and very wet day. It was not just rain, it was like the whole of Ghent was standing under the shower! N and I decided to stay indoors and not brave the rain.
But, yesterday, the weather became bearable and DRY, so we managed a piano recital of a friend and braved the early evening crowd to go check out the children’s section of the festival. For dinner, we had one of our favourite seasonal dishes – Mussels & Belgian fries = )
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| One of our national dishes - Mussels & Belgian fries |
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| One of the many festival site, colourful, crowded and lots of good food, great music and wonderful company! |
