Day at SandsculptingPark in Blankenberge

Dear Blog..

Yesterday I went to the Blankenberge with Natalie and Elien.. We went to the Sandsculpting 2011, this year the sand was sculpted in a lovely disneytheme.. We loved it!! Not only we awed by the sights of pretty detailed sand'castles'.. also scenes from the disney movies were made.. At first there was the room of 'Princesses'.. with Rapunsel, Belle and with the very well-known tower of Sleeping Beauty, with all princesses before it.. (cinderella, pocahontas, Belle and Ariel, Mulan and Princess in the frog.. we then went to the place of Alice in Wonderland.. detailed sculptures yet again of The white rabbit, an almost 1m50 sculpture of the Queen of hearts.. Tweedledee and Tweedledum.. We nearly where in the real Disneyland..

There were sculptures outside.. a second castle and off course, some of the popular rides of Disneyland.. (Space Mountain, The haunted House .. even the tower of terror..)

In other indoor'rooms'.. we got to see the Pirates of the Caribbean and could take picture with the real Jack Sparrow.. made of sand :P
Hook, Peter Pan,.. junglebook, The Lion King.. most of Disney's notable movies were shown made of sand..

In one of the galaxy's (another room..) we got to find the characters of Pixar.. included Buzz Lightyear (almost 2 meters tall!!) and Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc.. and at the end the beautifull Wall - E and Eeve.. aaah.. worth every euro!! :)

In the afternoon, we went to Wenduine.. and layed at the beach.. unfortunatly the sun played hide and seek after the clouds so it got colder in the afternoon.. but still, we had some lovely and warm weather :)

It was a very good day.. too bad it was a bit overshadowed by ALL the tourist going to the beach that day!!! In the evening when we tried to get back home.. we noticed there was only 1 train in one hour to get us to Ghent.. but now everyone came back from the beach!! We got to take the next train cos the previous train was packed full!! Never seen that.. Thank God we got to take the next train :) We left Wenduine at 20.00u and arrived at Deinze.. just around 22.30u.. wowsers..

Some practical Notes.. :)
- You can take a B-dagtrips to Blankenberge.. it costs (when your still 25..) about 16 euros :)
(http://www.b-rail.be/php/bexcursions/index.php?lang=N&task=view&sectionid=4&bexcode=666)
- You can take the train from Ghent (st - Pieters) you can directly go to Blankenberge..
- If you take the train from Deinze.. you have to get on another in either Lichterveld of Ghent :)
- The opening of the Park is at 10.00 in the mornings..
- We had an awfull lot of people coming that day.. (it was one of the best warm days ever..)
go when it's not too warm... some rooms are very hot.. :O
- The distance is about 800 meters from the trainstation.. (it's actually a bit more :)) but not that far..
-You can even go with the tram if you want.. (halt at Sea Life center - it's just on the other side..) watch out.. in your Bdagtrip there's only your ticket to the Park and your trainrides.. not tram!)
- More info @ http://www.zandsculptuur.be/

xxSara