Boat Hotel De Barge Brugge

... and she wipes it with disinfectant after each person comes up. I was a bit concerned about all of this because if I have my hands on it then how would I see in? I watched another girl tackle the problem by just putting her finger tips on it and taking a good nosey.

When my turn came I went up the stairs and put my donation in the box, hoping they wouldn’t see it was only 50 cents! I needed to go to the bank! I went and put my fingertips on the vestibule, it’s ...

Spent Tuesday in Brussels, first going to the Grand Place..the place where everyone goes. To be honest, I didn't notice a lot of other things to do in Brussels. I decided not to go the Atomium since it was farther afield. First thing in the Grand Place I did was get me some breakfast. Crossant, coffee, juice and a big omelet. Breakfast came to about $35. That’s what I get for eating in the most touristy trap in Brussels, but it put me ...

... ice cream combination was ridiculously delicious. After that, we continued to the main plaza (where the climax of In Bruges occurred, for those interested – it was crazy to be where it was filmed!). There, we walked around the bell tower, the Medieval Belfort, and admired all the fantastic architecture, including the beer wall that displayed every beer brewed in Belgium – a landmark in wall construction, I’m sure. We skipped lunch ...

... I have seen since being here. I'm wishing now that we had ventured inside, but our time there was very short. We will just have to travel there again in the future.


After leaving Cologne we arrived in Brussels, Belgium and took the subway to the area of town where our bed and breakfast was located. After a little confusion, due to an absence of any sort of sign or marking of the building, we found the B and B and we ...

... leave Brugge. We did redeem ourselves by climbing the Belfry which is a medieval tower which formerly housed a treasury and the municipal archives and served as an observation post for spotting fires and other dangers. It is 83 metres high and there are 366 steps up a narrow space-not for the faint hearted. The tower actually leans 1 metre to the east. Before we climbed, Katelyn had complained about the bells ringing constantly but we realised that that was ...

... question how fresh the chocolate could possibly be. Some of the displays did look a bit sad and to my amazement, lots of bubbles. I won’t go into detail here about them, but I visited what my lecturer said were the top 5 shops and bought some to taste. I also asked the lady at the hotel who was her favourite chocolatier and I must say Dumon who she said, were up there in the top five. The only thing was ...

... mornings.

We chatted with Paul for a bit and once we were done breakfast we were off to try to climb the bell tower. By this time it was 10:30 and there was quite a line. We considered it but then decided to move on and try again another time. Time for my favourite part of a new city – the boat ride. Our RS guidebook said they’re all basically the same so we picked one at ...

... canals, hiring bikes and discount on entry fees to numerous places of interest. A canal trip was well worth doing. It took 45 minutes and there was running commentary in English from the boat driver. The varied medieval architecture in Bruges is quite beautiful. Another day we hired bicycles and rode further out of the city towards the windmills on the edge of the canal. The autumn colours made the scenery even more stunning. Our days were chilly but dry and ...

... little medieval town with canals all around the city square, perfect for our boat ride. Clock towers, gingerbread houses, chocolates shops everywhere (and they are a bit obsessed with boobs around here) and don´t forget the waffles! LOVED it here!!!