Hotel Glenmore Thalasso & Spa Ostende

... bit bigger than Bruges and has a similar feel to it. Brussels has a nice centre square, streets full of restaurants, and a royal palace. <br>Each day we returned to Bruges and wandered around the city. The centre market square is beautiful at night- all little buildings in a row all lit up. It would look beautiful with snow I would imagine. We strolled along the canals and popped into little pubs for a drink and had a great time.

... I'm wrong. Who knows? (Probably historians, or doctors shh.) <br><br>That's it, I got on a train and headed back to Amsterdam for the night. It was a whirlwind trip through Belgium but so has the rest of this trip so why would this be any different. <br><br>Oh I did stop in Antwerp and had a Belgian waffle. I had three bites and threw it away it was so sweet. But I'm sure everyone else would love it. <br><br>Update soon!<br><br>Dina

... 8211; &#8216;Mannekin ****&#8217; I think his name is (everyone told me the statue was going to be smaller than I thought, so I thought it was going to be small.. but not that small?!) So Megg and I were wondering what the hell we were going to do for the rest of the day (we aren&#8217;t exactly 100% motivated to look at stuff anymore..) when Megg whacked me and yells &#8216;JAC!&#8217;. Yep, a familiar face &#8211; Megg bumped into her old housemate Jac, and ...

... food that we thought would come in smaller portions. Fail. Even though I only ordered a veggie stir fry it came out in a huge plate and I couldn&#8217;t even eat half of it!<br><br>Back at our accommodation Wup was waiting for us so we gave him a bit of a cuddle and a pat and then I decided to bring him up to our room. I was missing our cats a lot and I wanted some cat cuddles. He was very affectionate and gave lots of purrs and cuddles before I took him back outside in fear that he might get in trouble for being in our room!

... start on my way to Bruges in the morning.<br><br>The trip to Bruges by train takes about an hour, and the scenery was nice. Splurged on a taxi to the hotel (10 Euro) and I&#8217;m glad I did. This town is a little maze of tiny winding medieval streets. Got settled in and the hotel gave me a map. Rested a bit and struck out on my own. The town is amazing. I think it&#8217;s the best place I&#8217;ve been yet and I&#8217;m here for three ...

... into a chocolate store and get free samples during a chocolate-making presentation. By this point, I had introduced everyone in our group to the VanAcker family-style vacation, so we had walked basically over the entire area of Bruges and seen everything our Bible/Europe on a Budget had listed. For dinner, we were planning to eat at a place called the Hobbit (right next door to Tolkein &#8211; this place is great for nerds), but after walking around ...

... for beer and the corresponding glasses...because every beer in Belgium has a specific glass that you are supposed to drink it from. We spent as much time as we could in Bruges before we had to head back to Brussels to catch our plane and we still needed more time in Brussels to meet up with a friend from Clemson. I was sad to leave Bruges. It was definitely an amazing place to visit. <br>

... the classic, square shaped one with a big dollop of cream on top. Not the Birds Eye potato variety). After this, we found a pub outside C&amp;A for a quick drink before moving to Bruges . I'm not sure what the English obsession for C&amp;A is, but we were quite excited to see one, and I was recently talking to someone else who had been to Europe recently who mentioned C&amp;A in an amazed, over-excited tone of voice. Reminds us of our youth, I guess.

Firstly - I've added a few photo's to my previous entries from Holland, so if you're interested go back and have a look. Anyway, Amsterdam, where to begin?! In many respects Amsterdam fitted my criteria for a perfect city with fantastic streets and alley ways to get lost in and a vibrant hearty centre. The labyrinth of canals add to the appeal and the café's are fantastic. Last Friday was remembrance day for the ...

... has been in operation since 1515. That is nearly 500 years in operation: quite a feat when you consider that our country has only been united under one banner for 105 years. This pub has supposedly been at the centre of scandal for many years and publicans who had ideas contrary to that of the public would be thrown out or beheaded. One of the most significant things I have seen in Brugge would have to be the vial of coagulated blood supposedly belonging to none other than Jesus ...