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Ruchel

Sun, Jul 13 2008, 8:53 am

Hi ladies!
We're probably going to Belgium in August. We're looking for a frum hotel (easier for shabbes) in a nice place, maybe in Antwerp (we need to go there + Brussels + maybe Knokke + all around the country, like Walibi and so on). Or at least a place that doesn't make things difficult.

I'm also up for a Belgium meet! Smile

any ideas, advice...? (on restaurants too lol)

greentiger

Sun, Jul 13 2008, 8:56 am

Hey I also might be there!

sarahd

Sun, Jul 13 2008, 10:53 am

Antwerp is a "nice place"? Confused

LibraMommy

Sun, Jul 13 2008, 10:58 am

Antwerp has a lovely community. That makes it "nice" in my eyes, SarahD.

Ruchel, I have relatives there, but I don't know of places to stay.

zissy2004

Sun, Jul 13 2008, 11:03 am

as far as I know there is no jewish hotel in antwerp.
depends where u want to stay, next to the heimishe community in antwerp? ill be happy to continue the conversation via pm.

sarahd

Sun, Jul 13 2008, 11:13 am

Oh, the community is wonderful, but Antwerp itself is not on my list of nice places to visit. Except maybe Kleinblatts.

Ruchel

Mon, Jul 14 2008, 3:32 pm

any place with an eruv is nice to me... and I need to visit family there.

Zissy, next or in the frum community would be great! but I take any advice!

Strudel

Mon, Jul 14 2008, 3:52 pm

I've been there for Shabbos a few times and it was lovely. I have heard that families go out of town during the summer, to escape the heat.

rebeca

Tue, Jul 15 2008, 10:30 am

there are quiet a few hotels in the jewish area in Antwerp.
I would suggest the Carlton hotel. Its near kosher/shops/restaurants (chinese, fleishig, pizza)/shuls/town/ etc..
I think you can order a kosher breakfast but I would suggest your Dh to bring some things back on the way home from shul as there are quiet a few shops around and it'll work out much cheaper!!
Anything else you'd like to know?
August is very quiet around , people leave for two or three weeks, not so much to escape from the heat (havent had much this year Wink

) as to get some fresh air and a change of scenery.

Last edited by rebeca on Tue, Jul 15 2008, 10:42 am; edited 1 time in total

smilethere

Tue, Jul 15 2008, 10:39 am

the chinese restaurant is great!!

one good thing about antwerp is the food and all the bakeries!! wow!!

there is also some good shopping!!! in town!
enjoy!

Ruchel

Sun, Jul 20 2008, 2:13 pm

is the campanile hotel inside the erouv?

We'll be in Antwerp from 1 to 4 August and in Brussels from 4 to 7 - anyone up for Belgium Imamother meet?

rebeca

Sun, Jul 20 2008, 2:15 pm

never heard of that hotel ?!? any adress, link?

just looked it up. No, its not in the erouv, its quiet far away and not near town either.
you should look at the Carlton, park Lane, Plaza, Golden Tulip or Etap. I think that these are th

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Ruchel

Sun, Jul 20 2008, 2:17 pm

http://www.google.com/search?h.....p;lr= for the map

rebeca

Sun, Jul 20 2008, 2:22 pm

edited my previous post just before;-)
ps how did you get to that hotel?

Ruchel

Sun, Jul 20 2008, 2:33 pm

oy va voy... I was told this should be good, unless I misunderstood! My cousin lives just close and told us about this hotel, so we could eat at her house for shabbes!
I'm going to ask her asap! shock

rebeca

Sun, Jul 20 2008, 2:37 pm

do you know what street your cousin lives in?

Ruchel

Sun, Jul 20 2008, 2:47 pm

she said in front of the hotel

rebeca

Sun, Jul 20 2008, 2:51 pm

I do know that one or two families live there (and one of them could be your cousin ;-)unless you misunderstood her) but its very far out and no erouv.
It would be a shame that if you are here already to go and live there. You wont get there the real 'taste' of antwerp.

Ruchel

Sun, Jul 20 2008, 3:15 pm

I'll see her answer... we can't be outside the eruv because of the baby

Ruchel

Sun, Jul 20 2008, 4:57 pm

Rebeca, my cousin was totally surprised and upset about my question! she says of course it's in the eruv, Beerchem has always been inside, and in the shul in front of her building (that closed last year) there was a map of the eruv and Bercheem is inside.

BH I won't have to cancel the hotel. We'll get an idea of in-town Antwerp after shabbes, I'm really curious about everything.

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