Bed and Breakfast Papageno Brugge
Sint-Walburgastraat 14 Brugge, West Flanders, B-8000, Belgium
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Kortrijk
... As a result, Flanders was annexed to the Burgundian, Habsburgian and Spanish empires respectively. The Battle of the Spurs in1302, was the most famous battle in the Flemish medieval history.
The 15th century marked the beginning of the textile industry, when artisans laid the groundwork for damask, tapestry and sheet weaving.
Between the 16th and the 18th centuries, as a result of religious wars and various border conflicts, periods ...
From "Flander's fields" to Westvleteren
... eat red meat, given up all worldly possessions, and speak only when necessary. They take great pride in their beer. It is respected as the best beer in the world by many beer aficionados. They brew 60,000 cases a year and haven’t increased production since the early 1900’s. To obtain the beer one must call a certain phone number, at a certain day and time, and they are not guaranteed to get through. If you get through ...
This is one city I will visit again
After a few days in Brussels I made my way to the medieval town of Brugge. There were a lot of tourists, but it, in no way, shape, or form, took away from the splendor of the city. Brugge, like many cities in Belgium, had tall gothic clock towers and cathedrals with spires that towered over the city, all a half a millennium old. Just to walk around the city is pleasant. At forty-five minutes to cross the city ...
In Flanders Fields the poppies grow..
... white graves. It is from the countryside end that you enter the cemetary looking at the back of all the gravestones. When you see the front of them you start seeing a lot of unknowns, a lot of British, a smattering of Canadians and Australians and a couple of Germans. Some graves with a pile of stones atop are those of the Jewish dead; a meaning which has apparently been lost in time but more recently relates to those who have visited and paid their ...
"In 80 yds, Turn Right!!"
... approximately 1hr and 50-60 miles to get to Bruges or Brugge or whatever you want to call it and Kates classic "I really can't read German" responded by my "That's because thats Dutch" kept me s******ing for a lot of it. It is understandably confusing. Jumping forward for a second when we did arrive at the hotel the hotel manager and guest were both speaking fluent German and I was sure we were in the wrong place. Belgium kind of lacks an identity language wise. A ...

