Guest guest Posted April 25, 2004 Report Share Posted April 25, 2004 The cheapest place to stay before your surgery is the Hostel. It is located in a great area, you can walk to everything... You can book a double room with its own bath. It is not fancy but it is clean and comes with a terrific breakfast. With the dollar the way it is right now, you are going to pay an arm and a leg for a B and B. It is not a good place for after surgery, however because of too many stairs. If you are interested, I can send you info on a place I stayed afterwards. It was perfect...ground floor, etc. June > Hi there hippies, > > I'm what I see referred to as a lurker in these parts, > but I've appreciated the support from the very > beginning. I'm looking for some solid advice from the > De Smet graduates our there on places to stay in Gent > before and after surgery. I am due for a BHR from De > Smet on my right hip on June 9th. We, my partner and > I, think we prefer a B&B, but the truth is, cost is > the primary factor for us since we'll be there for > about 4 weeks total. We have tried to sort things out > online, but its a bit overwhelming and, sometimes, > just plain hard to figure out. > > Our considerations are: > > 1) We'd like to stay in the same place both before and > after the Holiday Inn stint. > > 2) I guess I need to have a place post-surgery that is > on the ground floor (stairs might not work out so well > at first, but maybe later). > > 3) We'd like a kitchen or kitchenette so we can > prepare (and share) our own food. > > 4) We hear the Patershol area has an organic food > market, so we'd like to be within walking distance (1 > km) of there or of another similar market. > > 5) We need a place with a queen size bed or two > doubles. I'm 6'4 " (about 192 cm) so one double bed > will not even cut it before surgery. > > There may be others considerations, but either I'm not > remembering them right now or I'm not aware of them > yet. Perhaps you have some other thoughts? > > Anyone have some lodging recommendations? Thanks in > advance for your ideas! > > Cheers, Concannon > De Smet, BHR-R 6/9/04 > > PS: Is anyone else scheduled for June 8 or 9? Be nice > to touch base with you before we depart. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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