Church of Our Lady (Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk) Brugge

Up early to fill our day with Belgian clichés…not that there's anything wrong with that! After a short trip by rail from Ghent, we walked towards the old center via one of many markets, it being Saturday morning and all. Fresh mini waffles from a friendly vendor, followed by a walking tour of the city monuments. Halfway through, the sweet …

So after a reasonable sleep on my first night in a hostel, I left a now very rainy Paris for my Busabout coach to Brugge. For those of you worried that I'll come back tanned so far its a no go.

I arrived in Brugge to more bad weather, with some other Busabout travellers I embarked on a walking tour. It took about two hours and included a …

Vuelto de Ostende con mi ticket en la mano decidí recorrer la ciudad. Preciosa ciudad con sus bellos canales y hermosa arquitectura. La ciudad está muy bien conservada y detrás de la fachada medieval se hallan viviendas totalmente remozadas a cero.



Caminé por el mercado y me perdí por sus pasajes. Estuve en la iglesia de nuestra …

Hamburg - Budapest (4hour layover) - Krakow (1 night) - Brussells. You might think that is a strange way to get from Hamburg to Brussells, but that is flying Ryan Air for you. Anyways my 1 night in Krakow gave me the opportunity to find a laundromat and do my laundry so I wouldn't have to wash myself in the bathroom sink of my hotel room and while …

... it was such an overcast day, decided to forego the pain.. err.. I mean experience.. =P), Burg Square, City Hall and also the Church of Our Lady, but only from the outside as it was closed by the time we got there.. This church is famous because it houses ...

... beers. My favourite beer in the world is Hoegaarden, which comes from here so I am in heaven. I also visited the Belfry for a windblown view of Bruges and the visited the Church of Our lady to see the Michelangelo statue of Madonna and Child. ...

... . We didn't do a whole lot besides browsing souvenir shops and wandering the town the first day, but we did see the Church of Our Lady, which was fairly impressive. It was certainly different than the previous churches we'd seen... the architecture was a ...

... me 8 Euro to climb about 600 steps.  Um….I don’t think so.  Tomorrow I’ll go to the Church of Our Lady where a famous Madonna and Child by Leonardo Da Vinci is housed – the “pointy church” from the ...

... aged in wood seems appropiate with this medieval  city. Many of its medieval buildings are notable, including the Church of our Lady whose brick spire reaches 122.3 m  making it one of the world's highest brick towers/buildings. ...

... Raleigh when I get back. Amazing. We finished off with a beer in a pub opened in 1515. Spent the afternoon at The Church of Our Lady to see the Michelangelo marble statue of Madonna and Child, walking up the Belfry (they used to throw cats off there ...

... become one of the richest trading places/ ports... bigger than London, Paris. The two oldest parish churches in Bruges, the Church of Our Lady St.-Saviour's, were then at the edge of this district. They date from the ninth century. The river mouth ...

... and Child. Apparently it was one of only a few of his works to leave Italy during his lifetime and is displayed here in The Church of Our Lady. We were amazed, not just by the spectacular artwork, but also by the fact that they charge you about 8 Euro to ...

... on the square. Unfortunately we couldn't go up into the Belfry tower, because it was being renovated. The next day, we toured the Church of Our Lady, the inside of the Town Hall, an art museum, Old St. John's Hospital (dates back to the 11th century), ...

... We went for a walk to all the major sites in the old town of Brugge (not that big). We first went to the Church of Our Lady and saw a Michaelangelo statue (the Madonna and Child). It is the only Michaelangelo statue outside of Italy. The church was huge ...