Gone with the wind: Tall Ships’ Race 2006 leaves Antwerp

Today the Tall Ships Race 2006 left Antwerp.

They arrived in glorious sunshine, spent two days in the Antwerp rain but left the city today under an almost clear blue sky. I expected a lot of problems due to the influx of an expected one million visitors, but it went like a breeze, much to my surprise. Currently I’m trying to decide what to do with the 500+ shots I managed to take. This is a blog, not a photo album, so I will provide a link to Flikr in the future.

But these shot are so cute I cannot wait to show them: this couple actually managed to get married (!) on the Italian TallShip:

[left: marriage on an historic Tall Ship in Antwerp, last weekend - right: the Amerigo Vespucci, leaving Antwerp, Aug 22]