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Final Morning and Final Thoughts
... light bulbs, the dodgy electrical socket, the faulty phone (our ‘alarm calls’ were refreshingly absent on our final night…), the bathroom that you cannot swing a very small cat in… but I don’t. After all, we have still enjoyed our stay immensely, and unlike some, don’t let these things get in our way of a good trip.
It’s a 25 minute ...
Day 3 – Anniversary walks, carriage rides an
... happy to snuggle up and enjoy the ride, and didn’t want a detailed commentary on the sights…The cost of the carriage ride was 36E – tipping for the ‘commentary’ is optional…
Another quick beer at the Christmas market, another quick trip back to the hotel for a rest and a further layer of clothes and we’re back out again for our final evening in Bruges. We had been surviving on snack-type meals, but this was ...
Ghent
... es una pub con la mejor vista. No habia nadie, nos ubicamos en la terraza sobre el canal, probamos una cerveza. Al rato se nos unio un flaco de la ciudad, que viaja por el mundo y empezaron a llegar sus amigos. Terminamos siendo 7 en la mesa, duenio incluido, tomando litros y litros de cerveza, hablando de todo, mil experiencias, los viajes de cada uno, nos contaron cosas de la ciudad, me preguntaban cosas de mi viaje, y me felicitaron por la ...
Bornem to Ghent
... time in Gent yesterday, we took the tram into the city, we were told how easily we could purchase tickets. Wrong. First we went to a stop with no machines, then we went to the main transfer point, backtracking, to catch the correct line and the machine did not work ( which of course we could not tell because the out of order was in dutch!). The tram driver did let us pay as we got on, but gave us a hard time, even after acknowledging that ...
Rainy in Ghent
... crowds on our way to the hotel. A rainfall this afternoon quelled any chances of seeing the town any further. We went to Walter's tonight, a small bistro, where we ate dinner, which consisted of a salad and a brie, ham, cheese and apple sandwich. We are still exhausted from the tour yesterday and are turning in early, as the heat took a lot out of us. Tomorrow we are taking a train to Brussels for the last stop on our trip. Goodnight.
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