This week we had a lot of plans. Some of them were really fun while others were a bit of disappointment. One thing is for sure we got our self a lot of exercise xD
So on Tuesday afternoon we decided to go bowling to do something fun. The place was 30 min with walking away from where we live so it wasn’t that far. I haven’t gone bowling for at least a couple of years if not even more so I was expecting to be a bit rusty. He hadn’t played in a while either so this was definitely going to be intersting. The place we went to was called “Bowling Stones” and they had so many different modes. You could pick classic, hyper bowling etc. We just decided to go with the Classic.
We played 3 rounds and my boyfriend won all of them. It seems like he is pretty good despite the fact that he hasn’t played in a while. The competitive side of me got a bit upset and annoyed that I didn’t manage to win once, but that wasn’t the point of the evening. All in good sport and besides I’ll have my revenge at mini golf :D. After the bowling we decided to get take away from a Chinese restaurant that Nathan liked. It did require some more walking, but the food was worth it.
For our next adventure we decided to go to Antwerp Zoo since we both love animals. So we woke up early so we could get on with our day because boyfriend had music school in the evening. We got there at noon and started to walk around. Unfortunately a lot of the animals that I wanted to see weren’t out that day, but we got to see a lot of other ones. There war a lot of monkeys, birds, fishes and reptiles. They also had Penguins, Kangaroos, Hippos and Zebra. The animals I wanted to see that wasn’t out was the lions, tigers and meerkats, but maybe some other time. There was also a very horny Okapi who kept trying himself on the female without succeeding xD. We spent our entire day there just strolling around so after we were done we just went home after stopping by a Starbucks and a multimedia store :P. The rest of the evening was just spent to chill.
Now to yesterdays exploration. We took the bus into the city and started walking down the shopping street. There were a lot of stores open and a lot of people. Most of the shops were cloths or shoes, but there were some unique shops. After walking for a bit we headed towards a place to sold bubble tea since it was one of many places my boyfriend wanted to show me. I decided to go with lychee tea with raspberry bubbles. It tasted nice and sweet and very refreshing.
After we had drink our tea and were at the end of the shopping street my boyfriend spotted the waffle stand that he usually goes to and since I hadn’t tasted Belgium waffle yet we decided to do that too. I had mine with Nutella on top and I will say that the Belgium waffle really good. Really thick and tasty and I think I like them more than the regular ones. When we were done eating those we headed towards Groenplaats which was a nice little square surrounded with both small shops and restaurants. We found a ramen place which we are going to check out later since we had quite a bit of food in us already. We could see the lovely cathedral which was under restauration. but still looked amazing.
For our late lunch we decided to go to this Sandwich place that our friend recommended called “Panos” which was located on the corner of Groenplaats. I got a panini with crispy meatball, cheese and pesto and my boyfriend got som sort of pastry. Both of us agreed that they did have really good sandwiches so I would recommend them to anyone who just want a small snack og and a nice view over the square.
Our next destination was the river that runs through the city separate the east and the west. When we were heading towards the river I spotted a giant Ferris wheel and we looked at my boyfriend and we headed towards it. The wheel was 15m tall so we got to see the entire city from there.
After the Ferris wheel it was getting late so we decided to head home. We decided to walk along the promenade before we walked towards the bus. As we walked the wall there were something written on them. I couldn’t understand it since it was in Dutch and we were going kind of backwords but it seemed like it had something to do with the history of Antwerpen. Regardless we made our way back to Merksem and then proceeded to collapse on the sofa for the rest of the evening after ordering some sushi.
This has been a pretty joyful week and the weather hasn’t been too hot either. It has actually been pretty cold and I was freezing for those two days we were out in the city, but I have learned my lesson and I’m now prepared for tomorrow.
Here are some more pic:
The Anna behind Yannani 