It was a total pleasure staying at Annelies' place. Annelies has all but completed renovating her beautiful residence, and when we stayed, we had the use of the entire first floor: A spacious uncluttered bedroom, with a very comfy bed, and a great view, a tastefully decked out bathroom, and a spacious landing area with tea-making facilities, seats and plenty of space to stretch in the morning!
The house is superbly located - in a quiet side-street, yet close to a bustling road awash with Turkish restaurants and shops. it was also about 5 mins walk from the venue of an event we were attending - so quite perfect.
But perhaps the best thing was meeting Annelies - who is wonderful and clearly has put her soul into decking out her place, making it all the more charming.
We were not really intending to return to Gent for any reason, but may now have to, just to stay at Annelies' again! :-)