The Railway Cathedral, pigeons and cigarette butts: a work trip to Antwerp

I’ve just spent a couple of days on a work trip to Antwerp, Belgium. It has been many years since I went on a work trip – Antibes, France in 2018 when I was working for Automattic. This is my first trip with Creative Force. This trip was entirely optional but a good opportunity to meet a significant proportion of our engineering team who I work closely with every day. We spent two days event storming a new product feature which was frustrating at times but fruitful overall. We are an international group representing 6 different countries. It was wonderful to meet people I’ve been working with for years but never met in person. They’re a friendly, welcoming bunch. During the day we worked but at lunch and in the evenings I got to explore the city which is picturesque with tree-lined streets, enchanting architecture and enviable cycling infrastructure. Indeed active travel is very easy and I walked everywhere but Antwerp also has trams, buses and a very good train network. Locals were…