Holiday Inn Garden Court Ostend Ostende

... more like 2500. My favourite beers were de Garre (local speciality sold exclusively at the pub of the same name - Dark flavourful and quite strong), Leffe, Westmalle Trappist, Bruges zot and bok. Whitney even gave in and sipped a few of my beers until we found one she liked!! It was a Raspberry fruity beer that was quite sweet.<br>Other than beer, we had to indulge in the other Belgian standards: Waffles, chocolate ...

... you can find out all you needed and wanted to know about the history of the french fry and how to properly execute the cooking of said fry. I think i took more pictures of this than of anything else in Brugge.<br><br>Fun fact: We Americans call it a French Fry because Belgian soldiers showed American soldiers how to make them in the war and they were speaking French, and it just stuck.<br><br>There is a church that I visited ...

Megg and I arrived in icy Bruges in the arvo, and after finding our hostel went for a walk to see the sites. It's kind of like Cesky Krumlov in that it&#8217;s pretty small and there isn&#8217;t actually much to do apart from admire the ancient buildings and canals. We saw the 'Belfry Tower&#8217; in the main Markt square, but it was a rip-off to walk up the 300 and something stairs (I&#8217;m not paying &#8364;8 unless there is a lift!), so we just looked at it. There ...

... at the door to one of the propeller planes give the thumbs up to the bus driver that I started to freak out. <br><br>I told Witek that I would not get on a propeller plane and he wanted to know what I was going to do. I told him I was going to get my luggage and get the train instead. <br><br>I didn't know how this had happened, I was sure that I had booked a 737! <br><br>I was in tears by now as the realization that the logistics involved in getting my luggage off of the plane were ...

... 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&#8217;s not so bad. I went looking for the sights I saw in the movie &#8220;In Bruges&#8221;. Decided not to climb the big tower as they wanted to charge me 8 Euro to climb about 600 steps. Um&#8230;.I don&#8217;t think so. Tomorrow I&#8217;ll go to the Church of Our Lady where a famous ...

We got up early on Saturday morning, took advantage of the free breakfast at the hostel, and then boarded a train to Bruges, Belgium, which is about 45 minutes away from Brussels. I was really excited to go, because I've seen the movie In Bruges, and the architecture was supposed to be gorgeous. And let me tell you, that movie was not filmed on a green screen &#8211; the town was delightful. It was a quaint, quintessential European town &#8211; lots of ...

... run all through the city. It was gorgeous. After that we stopped in a church really fast to see Michelangelo's Madonna and Child then we went to the local brewery to take a tour and get a free beer, walked around the city then went to pick up Josh.<br><br>If anyone is ever in Bruges there is this little restaurant that has all you can eat ribs for pretty cheap and right across the ...

... citizens of Bruges. We journeyed deeper into the city. A few minutes at the horse head fountain only temporarily delayed our inevitable movement deeper into the heart of the city. As we continued toward the City Center, we were surrounded by old buildings with art work and we were overwhelmed by the beauty and condition of the city. We walked past the lace shops of Wijngaardstraat with the local shops full of intricate lacework pieces of clothing and house hold items. We ...

... also seemed to be full of empty minds and empty lives, where some I think have taken the mickey out of liberal privileges by taking things to the extreme. I spent a lot of time just chatting to people in Amsterdam, whether it be in café's or shops, or on the street; on asking a woman of my age who was running a nice jewellery shop what she thought of living in Amsterdam her response was unsurprising really. She told ...

Feb 10 and 11- Bruges, Belgium I took the Eurostar train to Brussels and then another train to Bruges, Belgium- a country world renowned for its chocolate and beer. I got in around 8:30 and jumped a bus (as directed by my silent now-mentor Rick Steves). He said it would take 4 minutes to get to the Market Square, but I did not heed his advice, and I kept on riding the bus. 45 minutes later, and after informing the bus driver I was an idiot, I got off ...