Charm 'n Bruges
Travel Blogs from Brugge
Belgian Battlefields
... day began with another frustrating look for the Yorkshire Trench located just on the city outskirts. We had unsuccessfully tried to find this place yesterday. Clear signs were at each end of the road in which this trench was located, however there was no sign at the actual site and so we had driven past it twice concentrating on the busy industrial traffic before finding this interesting site. This trench was uncovered as Ieper built an industrial precinct and over 200 bodies ...
Banged up in Brugge
... 8217;t even have to leave the building. It could have been so simple.
But after tasting six beers and being educated in all sorts of Belgian beer related facts (Trappist beers must be brewed in a monastery, the monks must play a role in production and the profits must be used to support the monastery, the different shaped glasses are designed to enhance particular flavours, and many glasses have an 'impurity’ so ...
Seal of approval and waiting games
2nd June 2012
We were up at 6.30, made tea and had breakfast. Engine on at 7.30 so cast off ready for our trip to Holland. When we got to the entrance of our harbour, we were surprised to see a footbridge blocking our way and so we could not get out! The harbour master said it would be open at 8.20, so we tied up and waited. Best laid plans and all that. We thought about it, and when we arrived there was a boat waiting to come out and ...
Beautiful Brugge
... hit the spot!
Now, when you walk out of a pub in a foreign city and see a smurf riding a truck through the town square, the natural thing to think is: What was in that beer?! Turns out it was some sort of random Saturday afternoon parade; a pub on wheels, Avatars complete with dinosaur, Scandinavian dancers, and of course Mozarts.
For dinner we took the suggestion of a local merchant and went to ...
Brujas
... estuve. Una view!
Te sugieren que tires a la mierda los mapas, es mucho mejor y mas divertido perderse en esas callecitas medievales sin saber adonde vas. Eso hice.
Brujas tiene 20000 habitantes asi que probablemente en las calles hay mas turistas que locales. Y es verdad, es insoportable. La gente que saca fotos desde los colectivos deberia ser mandada a la hoguera.
Brujas no tiene nada nas para hacer que caminar por las calles, sentarse ...