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Exploring Brugge
... So Jaey took me to his favourite hot bakery, and wow I was impressed. Although we were late by Belgian standards for getting breakfast (around 930) to me there was just too much to chose from. There was everything from pies, to pastries, to chocolate to over 20 different types of bread. As I wanted the true Belgian experience, Jaey picked out his favourite breads and pastries for breakfast.
The bakery was only about 7 minutes away, but it was a beautiful ...
Just a day to chill.
... we will try a canal ride in a boat.
It was so lovely last night that we left our windows wide open, only to wake to mosquitos en masse buzzing in our ears. Luckily they aren't the really nasty ones, but Samantha, in particular looked like she might have the chicken pox this morning. Windows are closed tonight.
We just watched Michael Phelps become the most decorated Olympian of all time - we think. It's hard to know ...
Big Bang Theory
... muscular buttocks, and we presume they were bred to maximize the tender hindquarters.
We got back to Brugge in time to join the crowds of spectators for a very impressive parade – the Heilig-Bloed (or Holy Blood) Processie. This 75-minute long parade was spectatular. The central feature of the parade was the relic of Holy Blood, stored in a gold and crystal flask, which was brought back to Brugge by Derrick of Alsace, Count of Flanders, from ...
In Bruges
... Belgium it would be rude not to visit at least one chocolate museum, which was amazingly thorough and had a lot of history as well as gimmicky things (Chocolate Barack Obama anyone?) which was fun. Watched a demo of how to make a real Belgian praline before the most important thing - the samples - mmm. Wandered happily back to the hostel via the 'Lover's Lake' of Bruges which was beautiful.
The following day it appeared the local Moules Frites was not all it seemed and ...
A day in Ieper
... existed since at least the 1st century CE, as history records it being raided by the Romans. It grew in size and importance and became a textile center in the 13-16th centuries, during which time the towering Cloth Hall was built.
And then World War I happened. Ieper stood directly in the path of the Schlieffen Plan, Germany's strategy for winning the war. Once this plan had failed, the city stood between the Germans ...
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