Hotel Pacific Ostende

... the bar that we had met during dinner at a local restaurant called de Hobbit.It was a tiny little place with little tables. Steve had ribs and I had lamb with feta cheese- delicious! We also met an older British couple at the bar that we sat and chatted with as well. They were very nice and had interesting stories about Europe. The man looked like he had time-warped out of the 70s or 80s and he looked so British to me, like from ...

... 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 ...

... about a million chocolate shops, so we spent the rest of the day going in and out of them with watering mouths &#8211; so much yummy chocolate EVERYWHERE! I did a free walking tour in the eve with all the clothes I own on &#8211; Megg was too cold and couldn&#8217;t go outside! I&#8217;m sure I learnt lots of interesting things.. All I can remember is that Beer was invented in the middle ages because water was too dirty to drink. But I learnt that in Prague &#8211 ...

... If time permits I will be trying my hand at pralines next Easter! The best part of course was that you could have a taste test at the end!<br><br>The rest of the museum was basically about the history of chocolate and was actually quite interesting, we took our time wandering through the displays and reading all the history and looking at the antique and ancient chocolate accessories.<br><br>To the end of town we went from here to find the four windmills, one of which was ...

Spent Tuesday in Brussels, first going to the Grand Place..the place where everyone goes. To be honest, I didn't notice a lot of other things to do in Brussels. I decided not to go the Atomium since it was farther afield. First thing in the Grand Place I did was get me some breakfast. Crossant, coffee, juice and a big omelet. Breakfast came to about $35. That&#8217;s what I get for eating in the most touristy trap in Brussels, but it put me ...

... cobbled streets, red shingled roofs, canals, and historic buildings. <br><br>We first walked to Bruge's cathedral, which was still great to see despite all the cathedrals that I&#8217;ve been to already. We then headed toward the main plaza along with the bunches of other tourists flocking around Bruges. On the way, we had our first truly Belgian experience: waffles. Needless to say, I was ridiculously excited, and my waffle-chocolate sauce ...

... 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 ...

03 August Sunday. Arrived at Bills at about 1230 and loaded Bill's bike onto the car, then set off to pickup Phil. Got to Dover early , so got put on the 1410 but left at 1445, so by the time we arrived at the caravan it was about 1800 local time. After we had unloaded all the gear and had our first cup of tea it was 1930, so decided to go into Poperinge to eat instead of cooking in the caravan. We got there at 2000 , went into the first restaurant , got some ...

... backpackers that were staying here, and we went out to see the town. It was fun to be in one of the best towns in Europe, drinking various Belgian beers with 5 people I had just met (Jupiler and Mae's are a couple good ones), exchanging stories of our travels and upcoming travel plans. Two of them were students from a college in Ohio, studying abroad in London, and here in town for a weekend trip. The other 3 are just starting out a 5-week ...

... it so much I wanted to take Josh there. Bruges is an incredible city. It's lined with medieval buildings and canals that reflect them like mirrors. It actually has more canals than Venice (plus it's a lot cleaner and it isn't sinking). We decided to go to there first and enjoyed it so much we stayed there for the whole trip. We spent the first night walking around the Markt and the Burg. There is a full moon out this week, so I ...