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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 ...
Otro paseito por la Edad Media
... edad media, sino la de estar en un parque temático de Disney. La ciudad está completamente dedicada al turismo, teniendo una gran oferta de museos, entre los que se encuentran: el museo del diamante, el museo del chocolate, el museo de la cerveza, y el museo de la papa frita. A esto, hay que sumarle el muy buen estado de todas las construcciones (lo cual es muy bueno, pero por momentos lo hace difícil de creer).
No quedará otra más que agarrar el auto e ir rumbo a ...
Arriving in Belgium
... in that general direction. The town hall is in a plaza called the Grand Place. We sat and read the history of this particular area. In 1695, the French sighted their cannons on the town hall and managed to level everything but it. The workers guilds rebuilt all the surrounding buildings better than ever out of stone and gold. It took seven years and the Place was more glorious than ever. Leaving the Grand Place, we stopped at a store where we sampled and bought some ...
In Bruges...
... from that of southern England or Northern France) rushing past the window of our train. It took an hour to get from Brussels to Bruges, where we caught another bus across the small city to the Hotel Jacobs - booked by Shelley after extensive research and a few notches up from Elmwood. Damn it!
It was a bright day but absolutely freezing and we covered most of the streets of the Old Town in a ...
The historic city of Bruges.....
... For example, the “clip-clop” of the horses hooves as the tour wagons pass by (with the resulting horse “odour”), the gentle breeze blowing off the canals which in some cases contains floral scents, or the smell of fresh baked Baguettes which seems to permeate some parts of the city.
After lunch I was a bit tired and not really sure which direction the Hotel was, so I resorted to my “helper” a Garmin GPS ...