(DAY 7)

Arriving at the belfry, the very friendly ticket man asked us where we were from. For simplicity’s sake Eric just said “Canada”. Then the man asked us what Canadian building was modeled after the belfry of Ghent? Part of me wanted to wait to see if Eric could pass this test on basic Canadiana. The only building I could think would be a possibility turned out to be the correct answer: the Parliament Buildings, of course.

You can see better photos on the Belfort website’s “virtual tour of the Belfry“. Here are mine: