Hotel Viking Oostende

... for the day.Ghent is a nice place with an amazing central area full of churches and imposing buildings.Unfortunately the entire area was under construction so it didn't have the same effect.<br>Brussels was larger than the other cities, and we picked up a similar local map to visit thehidden gems on offer.<br>(Whitney)<br>Bruges is a really lovely city, enclosed by a river that runs around and through it which results in ...

... 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

... 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 ...

... had a blonde that was very good.<br><br>We went through the whole menu, bookmarking beers we liked the sound of as we went. Every beer had details next to it of the origin and the flavours and the alcohol content. <br><br>We both decided on a fruit beer, thinking that was a pretty safe bet. Witek chose one with all different types of berries in it, and I chose one that was described as &#8216;unique&#8217; with real strawberries. Witek&#8217;s was very nice, but one sip of mine told ...

... with a million photos. But this town is just amazing. The bulk of the business of the town is tourism, but if you stay off the main street and square it&#8217;s not so bad. I went looking for the sights I saw in the movie &#8220;In Bruges&#8221;. Decided not to climb the big tower as they wanted to charge me 8 Euro to climb about 600 steps. Um&#8230;.I don&#8217;t think so. Tomorrow I&#8217;ll go to the Church of Our Lady where a famous ...

... 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 ...

... 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>

... to enjoy the sun, have one of those famous belgian beer or some food and watch out for their kids. Even the shop to rent bikes and cuistax is around the corner. The cuistax is something I haven't found yet in another country than Belgium, but I heard recently they do that in France now and they call them Rosalies. A cuistax is anything with wheels ...

... they filled with explosives. Finally, on April 17, 1915, the explosives were detonated. The explosion was so massive that it blew earth hundreds of feet in the air and created enormous craters. It's said that the sound was heard as far away as London. The hill was subsequently captured by the British (on account of there were no Germans left anywhere near it). After the war, they left Hill 60 completely untouched, so you can still see the craters ...

... the 88 metre tall Belfry is Bruges most outstanding landmark, offering a breathtaking view of the city. Unfortunately, the original architects were non handicap friendly people and hadn't built a lift! Therefore the 366 step climb up a winding stairwell made me wish I had gone easy on lunch and not had all that junk food. My reward upon reaching the top was to have my eardrums blasted by the deafening chimes of a carillion of 47 bells which ...