Kelly and Sultan hit the road again after a short break to continue the world's tallest man's global tour. Get the long and the short of it below as he visits the next country - Belgium!
Sultan began his next leg of the tour in Antwerp, Belgium with three newspaper interviews carried out in his ambassador hotel room - fit for a king! A very TALL king! During his last interview, he learned more about the city and was fascinated by the story of how Antwerp got its name. According to folklore, and as celebrated by the statue in front of the town hall, the city got its name from a legend involving a mythical giant called Sultan...just kidding...I mean Antigoon who lived near the river Scheldt. He exacted a toll from those crossing the river, and for those who refused, he severed one of their hands and threw it into the river Scheldt. Eventually, the giant was slain by a young hero named Brabo, who cut off the giant's own hand and flung it into the river. Hence the name Antwerpen, from Dutch hand werpen, akin to Old English hand and wearpan (to throw), that has changed to today's warp. This was too big a story to miss so Sultan decided to go check this statue out for himself.
While there, Sultan’s curiosity took him to the famous Cathedral only a stone's throw away and went inside during mass spending around ten minutes absorbing the beautiful art and architecture.
On his way out, Sultan got a surprise when a statue directly outside the Cathedral started to move beckoning him for a photo. He quickly realised that it is in fact a real person acting within the ensemble of statues. Thank God for that!
After a quick bite for lunch we headed to one of the oldest running book fairs in the world - the Antwerp Book Fair, which opened its doors a staggering 75 years ago and boasts 15,000 visitors per day. Sultan spent much of the afternoon signing books and taking photos with hundreds of visitors. At around 5:30pm we hopped in the car for a two-hour drive north to Holland.
Next stop - Utrecht, Holland!
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