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Brugge Slideshow
Brugge
Travel Blogs from Brugge, Belgium
Our First Night In Brugge
... places in the market. We shared a mixed grill of pork, beef, chicken, and sausage that was really good! And when in Belgium you have to try one of the million+ beers. After dinner we went to the supermarket and picked up some supplies; coffee, 3 ...
Fire Exhibit
On the last day of the fire exhibit, Martine was busy helping her injured friend around the house, so Steve and I decided to go out on our own. We first ate at a yummy Italian restaurant and then walked around the city checking out some cool sites until ...
Paris to Brugge transition
... directions. That got us on the freeway, so it was fairly simple from there. It was only 65km or so through to Bruges (Brugge here), something that still feels very foreign. Bruges is gorgeous, just so quaint and pretty. We are inside the wall, in the old ...
Chocolate & Pastries
Friday 25th September Greg woke up not feeling very well. We went down to the breakfast room for the included breakfast and I was expecting maybe a pastry and coffee, but was pleasantly surprised that there was cereal, fruit & yoghurt, cheese, ham, ...
More Chocolate, Pastries & a Church
... in the shop and there was no description sheet. I also had to take photos of the rude chocolate in the windows (only in Belgium???). I couldn’t believe how many more people there were in town for the weekend. I met up with Greg and the girls for ...
“There Filming Midgets” In Bruges!!!
Day 233 Saturday 2nd July 2011 Bruges, Belgium (By Rob) "There Filming Midgets" In Bruges!!! Sleeping in a bed last night was a treat after spending a night in the car. Today we went to visit Bruges, made famous by the movie “In Bruges” ...
Ok Im all out of Dutch sayings
... , or doctors shh.) That's it, I got on a train and headed back to Amsterdam for the night. It was a whirlwind trip through Belgium but so has the rest of this trip so why would this be any different. Oh I did stop in Antwerp and had a ...
A Day in Brugge
... to represent the US). They also had traditional Flemish games for the kids to play (the stilts were a big hit). All around Belgium things are being celebrated. School ended for kids one week ago and the summer sales started (this is a month long event ...
Beautiful Brugge
... enjoy my writing or just want to get straight to it then I will summarise it for you in bullet points. - Brugge is a must, it’s absolutely stunning. · Take bikes, forget walking. · Drink there beer and eat their chocolate ...
Bruges
... 's band members lived. hehe! Only an hour later we stepped off the train and walked towards the city center square. This area of Belgium has a Flemish roots so english was widely used as well as French and Dutch. This town is just beautiful! We took a ...
Brugge - the city of Chocolate!
... sun was begining to set and it was a quick scramble to take pictures while the light was still good. We soon realized that Brugge becomes a ghost town towards then end of the day leaving quiet streets and unobstructed views all to ourselves. I must admit, ...
2008-05-25 Antwerpen to Brugge
... in the one store we went into; Chocolates- it is Belgium and after all, where did Bernard Callebault come from? Belgium! The movie- In Brugge is a testament to the people who live here- according to our hotel manager. We saw it back in Calgary ...
I never met a potato I didn't like....
... had to go. I never met a potato I didn't like. Of all the museums that were available to me in Paris, the Friet Museum in Brugge, Belgium, was the only one that I visited. And it was well worth the €6 entrance fee and €2 for the friets at the ...
Bruges, Day 1
We set off early in the morning on a train to Bruges, from Brussels with Grandpa Rene at our sides. We took a tram into the city, and from the center, we walked to our charming and graciously appointed hotel, the Hotel Prinsenhof, where we unloaded ...
Brujas
A la maniana temprano parti a la estacion de para tomar el tren de 1 hs a Brujas. Cuando estaba en el anden, se me acerco a hablar Alexandre, un brasilero que vive en Dublin, que tambien estaba viajando y pegamos buena onda asi que nos pusimos a hablar y ...
If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium
... just trains. But by asking I got on the right train, and more asking got me on the right train when I changed in Belgium. I was supposed to have changed in Antwerp but a seat mate said there were better connections to Bruges in Brussels. The hostel gave ...
Flowers, the Fallen and Flanders
... brasserie (pub) up the road and waited for us femmes. After this we headed for Brugges (or Bruge) in the west of Belgium. We found a boulangerie (bakery) in a small village (only have to ask a local) and grabbed some croissants (chocolate, ...
Brugges, Belgium - Saturday - 10/7
I had every intention of going to Brussels on this "off" day, and I wasn't even sure that Jeff wanted to go at all. But he said that, like me, he wanted to see every country he possibly could (and I think he would even have gone to Cologne, but I really ...
The final tour--Brugge
We had a full day driving to and from Brugge and spending as much time in the city as the day would allow. Brugge was definitely one of my favorite aspects of the trip. This lovely old city was once defined by its canals. However, the ...
Final Morning and Final Thoughts
Today is going to be a long day. Instead of the anticipation of reaching a new and exciting city, we’re heading home to the familiar grey streets of Birmingham and a final working slog until Christmas. As the hotel was pre-paid, check-out ...
Chocolate, canals and some flemish..
... system/language) and not knowing if I was even on the correct train until the conductor checked my ticket, my time in Belgium was actually very relaxing. I spent my three days tasting the delicious world famous chocolate, cruising the canals that ...
Brugge bike tour
On July 29th Jason and I left Mike behind and took a bike tour through the city. There was 16 people on the tour and we rode 18 miles through the countryside and close to the Holland border. On the bike tour we also saw small towns, farms, ...
Bruges Zotten
... a higher concentration of tourists and tour groups. Tourists sweep through the city in large groups during the day, and Brugge seems to be a popular destination for all nationalities, particularly Spanish and Chinese tourists. It is no wonder that the ...
Bruges, la cosiddetta Venezia del Nord
Ho lasciato Bruxelles questa mattina sotto una pioggerellina leggera e in poco pił di due ore sono arrivato a Bruges, l’altra destinazione imperdibile del Belgio. Con un po’ forse di ingenuitą qualcuno ha ribattezzato questo piccolo ...
Bruges encore
... of shops, you just have to walk past the first building which looks more like a warehouse wall before discovering a wall of Belgium beer. You can also spend some time criss crossing over the canals when you know where the numerous bridges are. One of the ...
Belgian waffles = delicious
We went here for a day....I just wanted to put it on the map to show where I've been...the ...
shot trip in Brugge
... the most famous statue. We did not have enough time to see anything else which was kind of a bummer. We drove in the coach to Brugge. Brugge was a small town that was really cool. We did a walking tour and then went out. I got an awesome beer the was ...