RE: Comet

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 30-05-02 AT 09:39 AM (GMT)]Antwerp is super (I remember not long ago that Geforce said he liked it!!) The people there are a little strange with their English though. The “English speakers” in Antwerp quite clearly couldn’t understand a word of spoken English and completely messed up my meal and drink order “mussels natuur” instead of mussels in garlic butter and tonic with a slice of lemon instead of “de Koninck”, which is the local Antwerp beer (and very nice it is too). The shops are good though and there is a superb beer shop near a food market (the shop is called “Bier Winkel” – highly original!!)
As for friendly helpful people, a woman in Gent helped me to buy a tram ticket last year because the ticket machine was in Dutch, in many places no one would have bothered. Waiters in cafes have stood and had conversations with us, never happens in UK. People in beer shops will usually talk, especially when I buy Westvleteren, which is rare, they wonder why I want it!!