Visit Ostend in Belgium in one afternoon
After a busy day trip to Bruges, we set out to see the North Sea and Testerep (or Ter Streep). So we headed out to Ostend in Belgium. Guided by GPS, we quickly drove over to our new destination. There, we woke up in a real urban agglomeration, with silent buildings, boulevards, and plenty of cars: a true industrial city. We hardly found an empty spot to leave the car in the underground parking by the promenade. Soon enough, I understood why the city looked so busy: almost everyone around us was speaking in French, although we were in a …