I say any town with three k’s in it’s name has got to be something special (just don’t throw any American History into this bit). Ja kažem bilo kojem gradu sa tri k je u to ime je dobio biti nešto posebno (samo ne bacajte bilo koje American History u ovom bitni). Just like in German, you pronounce every letter, which gives you roughly: Ka-no-ka . Kao i na njemačkom jeziku, izgovarati svako slovo, koja Vam daje otprilike: Ka-ne-te. Knokke is a posh town. Knokke je posh grada. In a nut shell, if you aren’t wearing a fur coat, mittens, or hat in the winter, you aren’ta regular visitor here. U matica ljuske, ako niste nosio jedan kaput krzna, mittens, ili šešir u zimi, aren'ta Regularni posjetitelj ovdje. Serious. Ozbiljne.
We picked a pretty foggy day to visit Knokke in late December. Mi smo odabrali prilično maglovit dan posjetiti Knokke krajem prosinca. With the wind and cold temperatures it was difficult to enjoy the normally beautiful scenery. Uz vjetar i hladnih temperatura je teško uživati u prekrasnom normalno krajolik. I remember my feet were freezing that day and after 30 minutes of walking, I couldn’t move my toes. Sjećam noge su zamrzavanje koji dan i nakon 30 minuta hodanja, ne bih mogao kretati moje Prsti. Misery. Bijeda.
Besides walking there are plenty of things to do in winter on the shore. Osim šetnji postoji mnogo stvari koje treba napraviti zimi na obali. In the off-season dogs are allowed to play on the beach. U off-sezone psi su dozvoljeni igrati na plaži. Kids pedal bicycles or four-wheelers on the sidewalk. Kids pedal bicikle ili četiri-wheelers na pločnik. There are also a few joggers and people fishing on the wave barriers. Tu je također i nekoliko ljudi joggers i ribolov na val prepreke. You could take in the architecture. Mogli biste uzeti u arhitekturi. I loved the thatched roof tops on the buildings. Ja ljubio thatched roof na vrhovima zgrada. They look like orderly bird nests made of water reeds. Oni izgledaju uredno gnijezda ptica od vode trstiku. The older thatched roofs are especially pretty because green moss grows on them. Starije thatched krovovi su posebno lijepo jer je zelena mahovina raste na njima. There is also plenty of art to be seen or money to blow at the casino. Tu je i dosta si da se vidi ili novac za puhanje na casino. Still all these things can’t beat a hot coffee in a cozy, warm restaurant on the beach. Ipak, sve te stvari se ne tuku jedna vruća kava u ugodan, topli restoran na plaži.
We stopped at a Brasserie called Andorra and ordered three cappuccinos. Zaustavili smo u Brasserie zove Andorra i naredili tri cappuccinos. I secretly wanted to put my toes into the hot mixtures. I potajno željela da se moje Prsti u vrućim mješavina. But on all thoughts, that’s just gross. Ali, na sve misli, da je samo bruto. I noticed that people prefer to speak in French in this town, even though the way they speak French it sounds very obnoxious and harsh. Primijetio sam da ljudi više vole govoriti u francuski u ovom gradu, iako način na koji oni govore francuski to zvuči jako antipatičan i surovi. I spoke in German to the waiter and some how that worked alright. Sam govorio na njemačkom jeziku na neki konobar i kako se to radilo u redu. We still had a little bit of hunger so we decided to each enjoy a small bowl of soup, or so we thought. Još uvijek je malo od gladi tako odlučili smo svaku uživati u malom zdjelica za juhu, ili tako da smo mislili. Because Knokke is a so affluent, we mistakenly believed a 14 Euro fish soup would be a small appetizer. Knokke, jer je na taj način obilan, vjerovali smo zabunom jedan 14 Euro riblja juha će biti mali aperitiv. Instead we each received a deep, enamel crock pot with fresh fish, muscles, crab, shrimp and veggies. Umjesto toga smo svaki dobili duboke, emajl crock pot uz svježu ribu, mišiće, golema rakovica, škampi i veggies. My bowl alone was enough to feed a small army. Moj zdjela sam bio dovoljno feed malo vojske. Lucky me, I love soup. Lucky me, volim juhu. It was simply delicious and filling. To je jednostavno ukrasnih i punjenje. My toes were warm and toasty from the inside out. Moj Prsti su topla i toasty iznutra.
In some ways Knokke remindes me of Harbor Island in Tampa. U nekim načina Knokke remindes me of Harbor Island u Tampa. It is a cute town and a nice place to visit if you have ties there or an eager wallet wanting to be emptied. To je grad slatka i lijepa mjesta za posjetiti ako imate veza postoji jedan ili željan novčanik koji žele biti prazne. To see more photos, click here . Da biste vidjeli više slika, kliknite ovdje.
