Admiral Hotel Ostende

... place where we enjoyed relaxing at night.<br>The highlights for me were the pubs and beer cafes we found thanks to the map where I attempted to try as many different beers as possible. After 3 days I had managed quite a few.The pubs included tiny local bars hidden in alleyways and pubs boasting the number of beersthey had available. One in particular held the guinness record a few years ago at around 2000 types but today ...

... who take them! This city was similar to Ghent but far more touristy.<br><br>So, I have waited until now, this very moment to discuss my own personal highlight from Holland. To some its the pot in Amsterdam, to others it is the Red Light Districts in the city, to me it is the french fry stands strewn about all the cities here. This is the culmination of all of the fry stands. In Brugge there is an actual fry museum. Yes for 5 ...

... around a bit more and got lunch at a cheap Italian restaurant. We were cold and freezing and cold and sick of sightseeing, so we went back to the hostel for an afternoon nap &#8211; we really miss siestas! Our evening was pretty quiet too &#8211; Bruges isn&#8217;t exactly a party capital.<br><br>Day trip to Brussels! We caught the train to Brussels, and after about 1 hour we had walked around the touristy bit, seen the main square and the statue of the little boy ...

... back path that went past some other fields we hadn&#8217;t seen before.<br><br>Back in Brugge there were two things we wanted to see, both of them churches. One of them held Michelangelo&#8217;s Virgin and Son, and the other held a vestibule containing the blood of Jesus Christ. <br><br>We went to see the Virgin and Son first as the Basilica of the Holy Blood wasn&#8217;t open yet. Witek thought he knew what the sculpture looked like but when we got there it wasn&#8217;t the one he ...

... with a million photos. But this town is just amazing. The bulk of the business of the town is tourism, but if you stay off the main street and square it&#8217;s not so bad. I went looking for the sights I saw in the movie &#8220;In Bruges&#8221;. Decided not to climb the big tower as they wanted to charge me 8 Euro to climb about 600 steps. Um&#8230;.I don&#8217;t think so. Tomorrow I&#8217;ll go to the Church of Our Lady where a famous ...

... waffles really were great), and went to De Halve Mann, the only brewery still working in Bruges. After a tour of the brewery, which led me to reminisce about me being Dad&#8217;s underage basement-beer-brewing apprentice, we were entitled to a free sample of the blond beer brewed on-site.<br><br>After our tasty beverage, we continued our tour of Bruges. There are a ridiculous amount of lace and chocolate shops around, and we were lucky enough to ...

... person we had met. He was very helpful, told us where all the important things were and told us where to get the best fries and with the best sauce. Stoofvlees. Like a beef stew on top of fries. It was delicious! Great recommendation! We at these a couple times while we were in bruges. <br><br>So, off to explore this beautiful city. We first took a canal tour. There are canals ...

... offices just about anywhere north of Naples in Italy (I kid you not unfortunately). It's all a front here as well: clearly they must know both French and English as well to survive on their clearly heavily relied on tourist industry. But apparently the Flemish are still sore that the country is currently run by a Frenchy and not a Dutchy; whereas my friends and others could care less where you're from and just call it a day, and get over it and admit ...

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... I am not too worried about him because I think I'm in his good books and therefore he is friendly and nice etc. Most of the other customers just come in and give me useful advice about the city and living in Belgium in general. Something I've noticed about the Belgians is that they are an extremely proud nation of people who believe that their products are the best and they live the best lifestyle. In most cases this seems to be true, so ...