Hotel aan de Dam Middelburg

... place where we enjoyed relaxing at night.<br>The highlights for me were the pubs and beer cafes we found thanks to the map where I attempted to try as many different beers as possible. After 3 days I had managed quite a few.The pubs included tiny local bars hidden in alleyways and pubs boasting the number of beersthey had available. One in particular held the guinness record a few years ago at around 2000 types but today ...

In Brugge...that's like a movie title and everything, but there I was actually In Brugge. It is as beautiful and magical as everyone says it is. It's as if Disneyland bought a city, tore it down, and put this in its place. There are canals, and swans that swim in them. There are large medieval buildings that are lit at night and tons of shops filled with sweets and handmade lace. There are men who drive horse drawn carriages and ...

... 1st original beer was invented there, it tasted like ****.<br><br>We had to walk around looking for another hostel the next day &#8211; ours was all booked, so after doing that we decided to go ultra-touristy and go on a boat ride! Apparently the boat driver was speaking English, but we couldn&#8217;t understand a word he was saying, so we just sat back, enjoyed the view and took heaps of photos because we are tourists and that&#8217;s what tourists do. After that we ...

... more (what else would we do?) we sat down at Bocca, an Italian restaurant that serves pasta in takeout Chinese container lookalikes. I admit, I was skeptical at first, but it was some of the best 5 euros I have ever spent &#8211; the homemade sauce was absolutely delicious! We liked it so much that we are planning to write to Europe on a Budget and recommend it. Seriously, it was that good. <br><br>To cap off our evening in Bruges, we went and got ...

So, We got up and caught a train to Bruges. As we walked towards our hostel I noticed that everything was so nice and so clean. Then we made it to the fountains. I fell in love then. The houses and buildings are so cute. They are side to side with neat little rooftops. The streets were stone and curvy. It was just so nice. <br><br>When we got to our hostel the guy working was by far the ...

... put their shoes out and Sinterklaas and his helper, Zwarte Peit (Black Pete), come down the chimney and fill them with candy. He also leaves presents for the children, much like the American Santa Clause, but he come the 5th of December instead of the 25th. Christmas here is more of a family gathering, no presents are usually exchanged, I've been told it is similar to our ...

... Everyone loved Dad of course! After it started to wind down a bit, we decided to move to a little bar in town for a few beers. My dad ended up talking to the owner all night and getting us free drinks. It was quite an experience, I must say that both my father and I really learned a lot tonight. Eventually, we remembered how early we were supposed to get up tomorrow and we headed back to my house for a good nights sleep to prepare for Germany!

... was J-Lo, Kelly was some kind of animal, not completely sure which kind, Jenny and Shellie were twins, Leah was a devil, Kyle and Kevin were robbers of some sort, and there were more, but those are the ones that come to mind. We started off at Koestraat, Drew made pompoen (pumpkin) soup which was very good! It tasted like potato soup except more flavorful. I was definitely a fan. I drank ...

... and creepy stuff like that. We went into some beautiful old churches, there are a plethera of them in Ghent. The group split up because some people wanted to leave on the 4pm bus and we were planning on staying until 6pm. My group went for a canal tour around the town, which was ineteresting. It kind of seems like the whole town is about creepy old stuff. There was all this stuff pointed out about executions and ...

... everyone. Tomorrow I am making quiche with Noortje and Jessica, I am interested to see how Dutch quiche will be! Everything is a little different, which is good, but food is always a mystery! I really didn't do anything at all tonight though. I read my book, New Moon, the sequel to the Twilight series. I am definitely hooked now and suggest ...