Hotel Burlington Ostende
Kapellestraat 90 Ostende, West Flanders, 8400, Belgium
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Final Morning and Final Thoughts
... approached for money “for a cup of tea” was back in Birmingham. Everyone we encountered was extremely friendly, and was able to converse with us in English. We also found the prices of food and drinks reasonable, with our only trip to an ATM to replace the money we’d spent on chocolate Christmas presents…
Thank you Bruges for an anniversary weekend to ...
Day 3 – Anniversary walks, carriage rides an
... for the Church of our Lady… this is such a stunning building, and the area around Bonifacius Bridge is just so typically what I imagine Bruges to be… all canals right up to the buildings, and crumbling, ivy-covered bridges.We head towards Minnewater – after all, today is our 3rd wedding anniversary, and where better to be than ‘Lovers Lake’? We head into the Beguinage, obeying all the explicit requests for silence – only to ...
Day 2 – the best laid plans….
... We head for the Belfort – after all, we are tourists, and this is probably the MOST touristy thing you can do in Bruges. Unfortunately, all of the other tourists think so too and the queue is out of the door. Mr Fletche comes up with a cunning plan of returning just before the final tickets are sold at 4:15… why did I not think of that? I am meant to be Ms Planner Extraordinaire!
So, off to Choco-Story – the Chocolate Museum! ...
2nd day in Brugge
... but it didn't open til 4pm and we had to leave Brugge at four to make sure we made it back to the cruiseship on time. The second time was last night but it was a Wednesday night and they are closed on Wednesday nights. And so this was the third attempt and we were able to walk in side the door but it is a really small place and all the tables were full. So we walked accross the street and had dinner at a little place called The Hobbit. It was a ...
Anti-climax to the max!
... Getting away from the beach and harbour area though, i found a rather nice park - good to see some greenery amongst the brown! Also saw something which, at first glance, thought it was play equipment for children - then i realised it was outdoor gym equipment! Very unusual! On my way back to the train station i finally laid eyes on an old grand building - yep, it was a church. At least they had the sense not to knock these down in the 70's - the archtiecture is just too beautiful!
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