Ghent, McDonald's

In downtown Ghent, along with the Cathedral and other old buildings, the McDonald’s restaurant is located in about the most beautiful building that houses a McDonald’s anywhere, right near a picturesque bridge over the River Leie. It’s a two story restaurant, decorated in an attractive manner.

We parked on the bridge, then went into the McDonald’s expecting to buy some French Fries for lunch. Instead, while most McDonald’s in Europe did not sell breakfast items in those years, this one did, so we bought Egg McMuffins instead. We wanted to buy a small bag of ice so we could drink Coca Cola and Ice Tea, American style, in our RV, but the manager insisted on giving us a big coffee can filled with ice. We got bags and cans of ice at many McDonald’s in Europe.