Akiba Hotel De Haan

Wenduine Steenweg 11 De Haan, West Flanders, Belgium

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Final Morning and Final Thoughts

A travel blog entry by emfletche

... there would still be enough to do on a return trip… the museums, the Brewery Tour (sadly omitted from the itinerary as we’d missed the tour times – 11am and 3pm on a Monday…), a trip to Flanders.

Compared to other cities we’ve visited (Paris, I’m looking at you!) there was a distinct lack of beggars, homeless or street sellers. The only time ...

Day 3 – Anniversary walks, carriage rides an

A travel blog entry by emfletche

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Another 2:30am, 4:30am and 6:30am alarm call before the official getting up time of 8:30. Much the same as the morning before we have breakfast, watch a bit of children’s TV in German (we do have English channels but this is so much more educational…) and prepare for the day ahead. We had slightly encroached on today’s itinerary yesterday during our aimless rambling but we headed back out towards Djiver and Gruuthouse.

N.B. It may seem ...

Day 2 – the best laid plans….

A travel blog entry by emfletche

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... details (if this had been me, no doubt my writing would have become more and more illegible as the night wore on… Imagine... “11pm. Beer no 7. Called ‘Beer’. Tastes like… ‘Beer’…”Before we get to the stage where every beer starts to taste the same – and before we start demanding “bartender, give me the strongest beer you have!” – we return to our hotel to contemplate our final day in ...

Circumnavigation of Brugge

A travel blog entry by lawler12

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... a bike run.. nothing you didn't. We chatted about how things were different here versus in America, and he let me take a few pictures of the shop and him working until a customer arrived, and I made my goodbyes.

The second was along the west side of the city as I was making my way out of being lost, and back toward the trainstation on the south side. I was walking along the developed area toward the canal park that would take ...

Days 7: In Bruges - Drink Beer, Lots of It!

A travel blog entry by ucf74

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... last. The horse drawn carriages came through most of the city, so we were never fully away from the sound of metal hooves hitting cobblestone streets. It added an old time charm to the city. Feeling strong of heart and full of vim and vigor, we decided to storm the bell tower, all 366 steps of it! The stairs were small and tight and very steep. It became interesting when we ...