May Reading List

In May I read 11 books and they were in no particular order:

The Cruel Prince by Holly Black - 4 stars

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys - 3 stars

Midnight Blue by Simone van der Vlugt - 4 stars

The Chalk Man by C J Tudor - 4 stars

Britt- Marie Was Here by Fredrik Bachman - 2 stars

Jane and the Waterloo Map by Stephanie Barron - 4 stars

Conclave  by Robert Harris - 3 stars

A Rising Man by - Abir Mukherjee - 5 stars

Commenwealth by Ann Patchett - 3 stars

The Only Child by Andrew Pyper - 2.5 stars

The Angel`s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafron - 4 Stars

Quite an assortment of different genres in this bunch, but my favorite was A Rising Man by Abir Mukherjee, set in India just after the Great War. It is also the first in a series featuring Sam Wyndham. I already have the second book waiting to be read!

I have absolutely many, many books to read in fact over 80 but it does not stop me buying more sadly!

A Day in Antwerp

Ruben`s House/Muesum

Cathedral of our Lady Antwerp

Grote Markt

Views from the MAS

Port House by Zaha Hadid Architects

MAS

Antwerp Main Station

Hello again it has been a while since my last post, so thought I better do one before the whole of June has passed by!

I visited the lovely city of Antwerp in October last year along with Alessio and my father and as the title suggests we only had one day to explore it.

We visited the fantastic Rubenhuis in the heart of the city, which was the home of the 16th-17th century Baroque painter Peter Paul Rubens.

As do most Belgian cities Antwerp also has a wonderful Grote Markt with many fabulous buildings including the City Hall.

Antwerp is the second largest seaport after Rotterdam and you get a sense of how large it is when we went to the top of the MAS building and saw some fantastic views of the city and port.

MAS - Museum aan de Stroom, we actually did not visit the museum but went up to the roof for the stunning views. The red building is such a striking piece of architecture, well worth seeing!

I particularly wanted to visit/see the famous Port House by Zaha Hadid Architects, but it was quite far away from the area of the port we were but I managed to get a view of the building from afar. We also saw it from the train too!

Have a great weekend!