Hotel Le Beau Rivage Middelburg

... chocolate, and fries. French Fries actually originated in Belgium, and two stalls sellthem in the middle of Bruges outside the belfry tower in the same location they have been selling them for the last century. Apparently there is a long running rivalry between the two and locals often argue who sells the best fries - we couldn't really tell the difference.<br>From Bruges we went on two day trips to Ghent and Brussels, and poked ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... Kelly had my name and she got me this Zeeland calendar and note box, her poem was about all of my unlucky situations from the semester, but it was quite funny. They set up all kinds of Dutch Sinterklaas candy and foods and we got to try this hot wine cider, it was delicious. It's something new and different, but I liked it! Two days ago, my house also had a Sinterklaas party ...

... him in the afternoon! I'm planning a wine and cheese party for him at Alli and Kelly's room tomorrow night. I invited Bill and his wife, Linda, to come and they are going to bring the other teacher, Ray, also. I think it will be really fun, everyone is planning on coming. Thursday we'll leave for Germany to meet his friends in Koln ...

I have a sneaking suspision that we are being secretly filmed here in Middelburg for a survivor show. They took a bunch of Americans out into the middle of The Netherlands and stranded us here with no money, no guide, and no contact with the outside world. (Ok the last part is an exaguration, but the internet does suck.) Instead of kicking someone off each week, since it is a secret show, one person each week is driven to ...

Today was Alli's 21st birthday. A rather important birthday in America, but here it's not as important seeing as you can buy alcohol at the age of 16. Alli decided to have a white trash theme in honor of the origin of the white trash peoples; America. So, we all dressed up to represent the creepers of our country, and I must say, we did a freakishly good job at it. Not to brag, but we are pretty darn good at being trashy, as you can see from the pictures. I ...

We finally got part of our food stipend today!! Finally! After a month, we can finally eat! What a joke. It was exciting, we got almost half of our stipend, even though they told us we were getting it in a lump sum. Oh well, at least we have part of it! Anyway, today I took a long walk around Middelburg and found this awesome walking path along the canal. I'm glad I found a good place to take my ...