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Belgian Battlefields
Monday Dec 3 Another day in and about the battlefields of Belgium. Weather was generally poor - at times the car warned it was 3° and to be aware of 'black ice'. There was mizzle, drizzle or light rain all day. Not much fun for getting in and out of the car as we completed our battlefield car tour begun yesterday. We also encountered a number of 'closed on Mondays' situations eg. Hooge Crater Museum, our very nice bakery on the way to the car park and quite a few cafes and ...
Holy Blood and Hoppy Beers in Brugge
... 2 minutes late, so she ran with us to find our next train. We would have never made it without her help-- yet another excellent Dutch person! The second train was less crowded but about 10 times hotter than it should have been, but it was pretty short. Our connection in Gent was only 5 minutes as well, but the train to Brugge was delayed by 10 minutes so we made it just fine. Definitely lucked out with the trains.
We arrived in Brugge ...
Car Free Sunday
... to get him down. When the two men on the ground found a ladder, they placed it on the balcony and the man in the balcony stepped out to climb down. For some reason the two men on the ground started climbing up at the same time. So when these three men all met in the middle, without pants on, it was pretty funny. Instead of all going one way or the other, they kept trying to climb the way they had first intended. So what we ended up with was three men with their faces in each others ...
Anti-climax to the max!
Yes, well, as i've stated in my Bruges' entry, Oostende was rather an anti-climax.... here i was, thinking i'd head to a 'lovely' Belgian beach.... only to arrive and find that it's basically a construction site, as they are trying to revamp the whole beach front... if you could call it that - more like a Belgian take on Blackpool or the Gold Coast! The buildings looked as though they'd been constructed in the 70´s... brown, ugly tall things imposing on those who walk beneath.... just ...
Potato and Chocolate museum...best birthday ever!
We caught the train heading to Brugge and enjoyed the sights o the countryside. Sitting across from us was a lovely old lady who pointed pointed out the colourful tulip farms to us. We chatted for a short while and we told her that we were heading to Bruges for Kailey's birthday. A little while later she removed a bracelet from her wrist and handed it to Kailey. She said "Because it's your birthday I want you to have this, it's my good luck charm"? Kailey was very touhed and thanked ...
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