On the second day of the year I packed my bags to go to Antwerp (Belgium) with my son for a ‘mother-son’ trip. Our partners stayed at home and the two of us spend a few days visiting museums & enjoying culture. My son hired an apartment (airbnb) and we had time together to chat, eat good food and we even drew! This trip together was a present for my 60th birthday and what a gift it was! (Don’t you think I have the most wonderful son in the world?!)
Here’s a little overview…
We arrived at the beautiful central train station of Antwerp on Tuesday, January 2.
Later that evening, Nout used that photo to make the following drawing…
… while I drew him.
I also drew a little jug that stood in the apartment.
The next evening, my son read a book while I drew him again.
We visited the Plantin-Moretus museum and the Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten (KMSKA)
We also discovered a big artist store but we couldn’t buy much as we were there by train and didn’t have much space in our suitcases…
but we bought little, round price tags that Nout already used to create this:
We almost forgot to take a picture of the two of us… we were already on our way back to the Netherlands when we remembered, so here’s a quick selfie in front of the train that would bring us back home.
Now ain’t that a way to start a New Year? I hope the rest of 2024 will be as happy and fun as these days were!
What a wonderful adventure, Marit! I love your little sketches. They will make great mementos. I could see you framing the water jug and it being a secret reminder of your trip that only you and your son will know. I do that for my partner. I take pictures of random things on our trips and have them printed on small canvases. He hangs them around the house.