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Number 30: Arriving in Edimburgh and ferry boat to Belgium

May 2007

Hello!
I cycled all the way down the Scotish east coast, until Edinburgh, the capital. Is a beautiful and vibrant city, with a strong cultural feeling. From here I toke a ferry to Belgium, because other travellers had tell me that the east coast of England is too industrialized, not so interesting to cycle.
I was very welcomed in Belgium, on the very first night a family invited me to spent the night in their home. The husband Dirk is from Belgium, and the wife Elida from Brazil, and they have two nice sons that speaks flemish and portuguese. They saw my brazilian flag and stopped the car to talk with me. My brazilian flag, as well as my guitar, are my 2 "passaports", that open doors, turns people friendly... they ask me to stop to a chat or to play some brazilian song, and in some minutes I have good new friends!
From there I arrived in Antuerp, whre I spend some wonderful days couchsurfing in Anna's house. And then I finnaly arrived in the Netherlands...
Cheers!

Edgard Gaio

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Edinburgh Castle.

Sunny day on the park, Edinburgh.

Edinburgh.

I met Jarek, this italian guy, both in Findhorn and in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Castle.

Edinburgh's Couchsurfers: me, Peter, Jean Marc, Ben and Florian.

Tipical british double bus with a brazilian ad, of Brahma beer. Edinburgh.

My little pony....Scotland.

Bridge almost in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Thomas, german cycletourist that I met over the bridge and on the ferry boat to Belgium.

First good impressions of Belgium, after 18h on the ferry.

More nice impressions of Belgium, look how they care about the bikes...

The family of Elida (brazilian) and Dirk (belgium), they hosted me on my first night at Belgium. When they saw the brazilian flag on my bike they stopped the car to talk with me, and then invited me. Thanks a lot!!!

My new campaign against the cars and the speed on the roads - I will take photos of all animals killed by cars from now on!

A tank-monument on a square, Belgium.

Tunnel for bikes and pedestrians, Antwerpen, Belgium.

This belgium building have a similar architecture style of the train station in Guaratinguetá, my city in Brazil.

Street fair, Antwerpen.

Tango on the square, Antwerpen. Here I am dancing with Kate, a couchsurfer friend.

Shall we dance?

Me and Anna, from Poland, in the sofa that I surfed on her house, in Antwerpen, with Kate and other couchsurf friend.

Muqueca de camarão, a brazilian dish I did to my hostess and friends.

In front of Anna's home, going to Netherlands.

"Capital growing", Rotterdam port.

Netherlands.

Another victim of cars...