Day 3
After awaking from our first night in Ghent (or Gent), we were taken to the "kinderziekenhuis Prinses Elisabeth," the children's hospital in Ghent, by our host Frank Plasschaert (on the left below).

The old children's hospital could be seen from the road and had outdoor patio areas that were designed for children suffering from TB.  In addition, we had a chance to visit Frank's gait lab.   As Wade has been building a gait lab in Phoenix, he was especially interested in the set-up here in Ghent. 

While in Ghent, we were lucky to also be accompanied by Nanni Allington (below left), a pediatric orthopedic surgeon from Liege, Belgium - who took many of the photos while we were in Ghent.

After touring the hospitals in Ghent, we had a wonderful outdoor lunch (ask Wade about the Gambas), in what has been described as unusually excellent weather for this time of year in Belgium.

After lunch we were able to explore Gravensteen Castle, a true medieval castle (~11th century). 

This same castle was used later as a center for courts/judgement.  With our medical background the "Implements of Justice" that were used to extract confessions from those on trial were quite disturbing.

As our local hosts (Renaud, Frank, and Nanni ) were also the local hosts for the annual EPOS (European Pediatric Orthopaedic Society) meeting in Bruges, Belgium; we needed to get to Bruges in the afternoon (Bruges city gate below).  Here the fellows had the night "off" and really enjoyed getting to know one another better while exploring Bruges.

Follow our experience at the EPOS annual meeting in Bruges in the upcoming blogs!