We took the train in Hal, near Brussels. It is so easy to go by train, it only takes 1 1/2 h. You don't risk to sit in a traffic jam and don't have to spent money on expensive parking places. When the weather is nice, the highway to the sea is always fully packed. -------------------------------------------------
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Rather funny is, when you step out of the train, you can find yourself besides a ferry boat to England ! That's what happened to us. In our train were a lot of british people going home by ferry boat. ------------------------------------------------
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The view out of the station. There was just a ship going through a canal and the bridge had to be lifted up.
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Everybody had to wait and observed the ship in the canal.
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There was a fair in Ostend, behind in the back you see the Sint Petrus en Paulus church -------------------------------------------
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A lot of seagulls are looking for food
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The ferry boat is leaving to cross the channel
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It is quite big
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We saw these pipelines going through the beach, it looked quite ugly, I hope they will take them away for summer !
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Appartments, appartments in summer they are all rented and sometimes it is hard to get one if you don't book in time
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With around 20° (70 F) people sat on the beach and enjoyed the sunshine
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some of them even went in the water !
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Here is the Casino of Ostende, where you can play day and night if you want !
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a new sculpture on the seafront
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Seagull meeting
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A carriage takes you through the town
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The bridge which is lifted up when a boat wants to go through
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at the end of our walk we had a coffee here. The yellow canary bird is my friend Ilona, we had a wonderful day.
Here is a link to Wikipedia Ostende history