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A Day on the Canals - Day 26
Late start to the day...we all needed it. Breakfast in the cafe downstairs. Bern had best coffee east of the Pennines. Her life is now complete. Cruise on the canal In little boat that does go under the bridges but not by much. Weather ridiculously fine, 22 degrees and slight breeze. Terrific way to see the city with excellent commentary. Early …
Brugge - Day 27
Off to Brugge.
Trains are terrific, even we can get around.
Despite a " locomotive infrastructure failure between Brugge and Oostende", how good is our Flemish, we still were in Brugge by 1015.
What a place, looks like a grownup Gent - Belfry, canals, enormous churches, cobbled streets, many more tourists.
Climbed the …
Bye Bye Brugge... Hello London!
... a huge thank you to them both for being such gracious hosts, and for Jaey for inviting me there both times and being so kind and generous.
Alas, it was time for me to catch my train to Brussels then to London. The train ride was uneventful, and actually the eurostar is incredibly efficient. Once I arrived in London at Kings Cross, I met with Jamie/JC (I think I have mentioned him using both his name and nickname) and off we went during rush hour traffic on the tube and the commuter ...
Finaly in holland. And back on the briny too.
... till it slowed to a light drizzel of rain as the snow made seeing out of the windows hard. i really need to be able to see out of the windows around here. I had one lunatic 1000tonner overtake me in the lock! Luckily he spoke english so he understood the telling off i gave him on the vhf. I have been through some busy ports before but nothing like here. We entered ...
Running errands- like a normal/real person :)
... You never really know how you are going to feel until it happens. Odd to come to such a realization over a sweater, however, when I finally found one I liked it was so comforting to have....
After the hot chocolates (which everyone should try in Belgium they are soooo delicious) we went back to the apartment, where Jaey and Djuna made me one last delicious home cooked meal. I really adore both of them so much, and they are both such great cooks!
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