It always rains in november

Where: Lange Violettenstraat, Ghent, Belgium.
What: The Our Lady Ten Hoyen béguinage was founded in 1234 by Johanna and Margaretha van Constantinopel. This is the church that was built in 1654-1658, with the baroc front added in 1716-1720.

Where: Barcelona, Spain.
What: The best way to realize you’re really in a different place is not when you’re standing on top of one of the major landmarks, it’s when the details, like the vegetation and birds, are different. Like a city were palm-trees grow naturally.

Where: Emmen, the Netherlands.
What: A hibiscus is a cocktail made of two parts cranberry juice and one part champagne, served in a narrow champagne flute.
It is also a flower.

Where: Ghent, Belgium.
What: The dungeon underneath the central tower of the Castle of the Counts.

Where: London, England.
What: One of the 89 meter (293 feet) high towers of Tower Bridge. Although it appears to be firmly attacked to both parts of London it connects, some people think it’s a ship; it is insured as one.

Where: Barcelona, Spain.
What: It’s not easy to visit Barcelona and not see anything created by Gaudi. So much so, that his works have been named UNESCO World Heritage sites. Another major landmark, besides la Sagrada Familia, is the Park Güell. The Park Güell was intended as a garden-city, but never really took off as such and was bought by the city of Barcelona in 1922. Pictured is the path of the washerwoman (bugadera), a viaduct made to resemble a wave of rocks, resting on stone palm trees.

Where: La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain.
What: These doves enjoy a nice view of Barcelona. They are not the original doves, the originals, made from albast, were replaced with marble replicas in 1990.