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... black and had decided to make himself comfortable on our bed before Kevin threw him out the door. Apparently they had people filming in the B&B earlier that day and perhaps a door had been left open, allowing Wup to venture into rooms he is not normally allowed!

We pretty much dropped our stuff and went straight out to find the nearest supermarket and to see the town. Kevin had told us that it would shut at about 6pm so we had to hurry in there as it was already 5:30pm ...

... 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’s not so bad. I went looking for the sights I saw in the movie “In Bruges”. Decided not to climb the big tower as they wanted to charge me 8 Euro to climb about 600 steps. Um….I don’t think so. Tomorrow I’ll go to the Church of Our Lady where a famous ...

... waffles. My friend and I split a banana, vanilla ice cream, and chocolate syrup-doused waffle, which was completely gone in about the span of 49 seconds. Our other friend got up from the table for a split second and basically missed the entire thing. After we scraped off all the leftover powdered sugar and chocolate sauce on the plate, and drank the rest of the sauce in its cup (I’m sad to say, that is totally true), we were ready to head off again.

... beers on tap and then went yet again, to more chocolate shops. It seemed that there was one about every twenty feet or so and after not long I had had enough. So then we went to the Havle Mann Brewery and had a few of the famous Belgian beers. All in all, it was a great day and we had seen so much, and ate so much chocolate, but only seen a small portion of the city. We are determined to go back again and continue exploring.


Brugge, West Flanders, Belgium christineandal

... a carillon concert which happens every Sunday at 2pm and they play Greensleeves, Danny Boy and a Bach symphony. When we reached the top of the tower, Katelyn said, I hope the bells don't ring and in the next second they did, very loudly.

We packed our bags as we were leaving for Amsterdam the next day. I loved Bruges but because Greg hadn’t felt well, we hadn’t done anything outside of Bruges and it had been pretty relaxing compared to London.

... what was a very touristy shopping street and again had a quick look in the chocolate shops which were all starting to look the same or had the same products. One looked a bit different, with modern packaging and small quantities of chocolates, but again, no flavours were labelled! The guy said that the flavours were traditional flavours with the exception of chilli.

Greg was feeling a bit better when we got home.

... though they have a price per gram and the shopkeeper (she was scary!) insisted that after we had chosen a few that we really needed to taste what she recommended. She also insisted that these chocolates were not for eating, but enjoying. Many of the flavours were similar to what I make but some were much stronger flavours and everyone agreed that they were too strong. We had chosen some different ones like basil, coriander, olive and some other different flavours (yuck,yuck,yuck!).

... a special city for us. We really enjoyed our time there and believe that we will return one day to again visit this city. Tonight we will be traveling north on the European Continent to Amsterdam, a city that both Harriet and I have visited before and have said that it was a city that we would return to. So tomorrow we will return. Hunt for Harriet? Harriet was found by Linda, Lisa, Brenda, Sharon and Shelby. Today she is in Brudges enjoying the city and waiting to be found.

... managed to hold the town of Ypres. The fighting was incredibly atrocious trench warfare, and was the first time that poison gas was used. It culminated in the Battle of Passchendaele, which produced over 300,000 casualties for the British. Unbelievable. They would spend 10s of thousands of lives just to gain a few hundred yards of territory, only to lose it a few months later. And this went on for nearly 4 years. We went right into the area ...

... out and have Belgian waffles and ice cream. Adjacent to Huidenvettersplein is Rozenhoedkai Street, usually the starting point for an enchanting canal tour of Bruges and for photographers the site of a great photo of the Belfry. But with all that junk food still swirling around my stomach, I decided against it and continued to explore the city by foot. The Beginhof is another part of Bruges not to be missed. It is former convent housed in a ...