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Brugge Slideshow
Brugge
Travel Blogs from Brugge, Belgium
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Basically we set off from london went around 9 countries in europe by road, camping some of the way and cheap hotels when not camping to freshen up and wash also doing southside music festival in Germany half way through trip for a few days. Amazing ...
Belgium waffles and such
... 8221; Other local men walked in and they were greeted by name and handed drinks without ordering. They speak Flemish in this part of Belgium which is a language that sounds Viking-esk. So Lilly finished up and we were about to head out, then one of the ...
Celebrations
Well we did it!! Rode that last leg into Bruges and while I am sad the trip is over I am happy to say goodbye to the bike for now. We had a celebratory dinner..4 courses the last being an enormous Bombe Alaska style cake to celebrate Brendan's 50th ...
Lost in Brugge (Bruges)
10/5/2011 Lost in Bruges -Rich We have slept well in our hostel room in Bruges. We go down for breakfast in the bar which is toast, hard boiled eggs, cereal, and coffee. We eat our three euros worth and then some. I burn our toast ...
... And in the Morning, I'm Makin' Waffles
Today we spent a relaxing day wandering the cobbled streets of the little town of Brugge in Belgium. Both of us had been to Belgium before, but just to Brussels and we both had to admit that we knew very little of what else Belgium had to offer. Driving ...
Mussels in Brugge
... as beautiful as I was told it was. the Groeenninge museum is worth a visit! http://www.trabel.com/brugge-m-groeninge.htm. We enjoyed buying some Belium Chocolates and souveniours. we visited the little markets they ...
Road trip to Belgium
... spread of cheeses, fresh fruit, yogurt, breads, coffee, and fresh squeezed orange juice. For our second day in Belgium, we visited Brugge again in the morning and took a sunny canal boat tour. We also visited The Beguinage, a historic courtyard ...
Brugge: Amongst the Medieval Canals
To conclude our trip, we went to the north of Belgium to tour the cities of Brugge and Brussels. After arriving in Brugge, Aunt Kay and I took off for the city center for a canal cruise around the canals. Our tour guide on the cruise spoke Flemish ...
Hostelling, the good...
... a luxury, but such is life. I'm not sure whether that's common in Flemish-speaking Flanders (the northern part of Belgium, as opposed to French-speaking Walloon down south - and Brussels is bi-lingual but predominantly French I discovered). Anyway so ...
In Brugge Part 2
... a liquor store and bought a bottle (around 8 dollars!) Happily stumbled back to our hotel room! What we liked about Brugge: History, Bell Tower, chocolates and beer What we disliked: Stuck out as tourists as everyone dressed very stylish and we ...
In Bruges
* Arrived at hostel 1pm. * Had fries. (Created in Belgium, not France). * Had beer chosen from a menu of over 400. * Had beer after dinner at our hostel. * Sleep. * Attended brewery tour. * Attended chocolate museum. * Had beer in a bar with over ...
Day Trip to Belgium
Day trip to Brugge, Belgium a town with Medieval architecture famous for its lace and beer. We spent the day exploring the town and taking advantage of what it is most proud of-- the beer and french ...
"The Venice of the North"
... been to Venice yet, but Joe and Jan had and they said it wasn't really quite like Venice, but it was still nice. Brugge is a quaint little town with a town square, much like Brussels, with old buildings. There are cafes and little shops around ...
The End Complete I: In Bruges...
I left Amsterdam and made my final border crossing before home in to Belgium. I arrived in Bruges via Antwerp. The original plan had been to do Brussels first and then finish in Bruges but due to airfares back I switched round. Bruges is a lovely city, ...
Bruges: Churches, Chocolate, and Lace
... me to all the way to Brussels, but I convinced him my train ticket was already paid for. This time my destination was Bruges (a.k.a. Brugge in Flemish, or as I prefer, Phlegmish). It is a medieval Belgian city that traces its glory to the days before the ...
Waffles and Chips
One plane (grr Ryanair & overweight luggage), bus and train later I´m in Brugge!! Man, what a change from the chaos of Italy... this place is cute and clean and polite! Hostel is right in the middle of town, so wandered thru to Markt Square down to ...
Brugge and Mussels in Brussels
Megg and I arrived in icy Bruges in the arvo, and after finding our hostel went for a walk to see the sites. It's kind of like Cesky Krumlov in that it’s pretty small and there isn’t actually much to do apart from admire the ancient buildings ...
Brugge/Bruges & Brussels
Posted by Kristen: I went to Brugge/Bruges and also Brussels for a couple days while Sav and Val stayed in Paris. It was great and I ate belgian waffles and took a boat tour of the Brugges canals and saw brussels and met lots of people and ...
Vimy Ridge and Bruges
... soldiers who lost their lives there - don't know how many - can anyone please confir Then on the coach to Brugges in Northern Belgium, not far from the ferry terminal. It's a lovely place, especially in the sun (we'll have to go back because, well yes ...
In Bruges!!!
Last weekend Celia and I voyaged to Belgium. We spent Friday and Saturday morning in Bruges (Brugge) and Saturday afternoon/evening in Brussels. I, of course, was quite interested in seeing Bruges because of my love of the film In ...
Brugge
... by visiting them all. On July 28th we woke up at 8:30AM and boarded a train at 10:30AM. We arrived in Brugge, Belgium by 2PM. We checked into 'T Keizershof. We walked the quiet deserted streets to Main Square. We had a ...
Turtle Power
... considering it was outside of standard serving hours. There's not much in Lille so after a quick look around we headed to Brugge. The canals were amazing and the flatness of the land was surprising. No wonder everyone rides bikes here. We asked the ...
chocolate, beer and waffles!
We decided at the last minute to cut one night out of our stay in Colonge, and head to Brugge, Belgium for one night before Colonge. Since we booked our hotel the night before, we didn't have much of a choice. We ended up booking a hostel ...
Bruge!
Brugges, Belgium. Brugges is a small fairytale of a city, with medieval (dating, year) structures and cobble stoned streets that welcome wandering. We caught the last bus in from the train station to the city center and missed our hostel ...
From Brugges, with love
... nbsp; We left very early Thursday morning after a late night at the Green Day concert here in Berlin and boarded a train bound for Belgium with a brief stop in Cologne or Köln, as ze Germans spell it. Right outside the train station was the famous ...
Bruges, Baby!
... and all! Maybe it's so you won't feel too bad after indulging in one too many local delights? :) Only in Belgium, i suppose! One thing that was very noticeable in Bruges, however, was how clean everything was - the streets, the cobblestones - even ...
Bruges.... Almost Brussels
... without looking like an icecream cone!) The dream team has parted. the end of an era. Today Mum and I left London and headed for Belgium and James stayed on in London to fly home in a couple of days for his interview. (It seems like he wants to get ...