About Lucy Daltroff
I have been a journalist all my working life: either writing or teaching. Initially I wrote on women in politics, which gave me a small insight into the workings of different governments – leading me to being banned from one country but invited with alacrity to others. I was also privileged to help set up Burma UK when people in this country knew little about what was happening to that, put upon, far off land.
In the last seven years I have been teaching journalism and also concentrating on travel writing. This has allowed me to travel the world and contribute to the national press as well as magazines, and online publications. Recently I was proud to be a finalist at the Travel Press Awards, as Online Travel Writer of the Year.
What woman could resist a visit to Antwerp, famous as it is for diamonds, chocolates, fashion and chips? Within minutes of arriving at its gracious train station with its large hall and dome, I felt that Belgium’s second city was sure to live up to all expectations as a place where, even when the hedonistic attractions have worn thin (if that is possible), there is always culture and history to keep you occupied.
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