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... enough! Best part was the chocolates for dessert. Jaey, his sister and boyfriend all ate the chocolates.
Earlier on in the day, Jaey had hand picked about 7 beers for me to try. But in Belgium, drinking a beer out of the bottle is not acceptable. Since Jaey only had one proper beer mug, we went round to his mothers house to collect another one. Once we returned from the visit, we had a chill night of drinking beer and playing cards. Jaey taught me this game ...
Goodbye Amsterdam, Goodbye Sun
... into an old church, and then happened by the Homomonument (a pink triangle monument honoring homosexuals) ironically located next to the church. Then it was time to take a train ride and head into the thunderstorm in Brugge. The rain has currently subsided, as we watch the Opening Ceremony. Man it takes a while to get to the U.S.! Tomorrow will be a day of chocolate tasting, beer sampling and medieval admiring. Oh, and let's not forget the shopping. Ah, it's gonna be a good ...
Picturesque Brugge and sobering Flanders
... to both sides. Germany wanted to capture it and move on to take the coastal towns in order to prevent more Allied forces from crossing the Channel to get to the front. Many significant battles were fought in this area, around Passchendaele, Damme, Ieper and Messines, and thousands and thousands of lives were lost on both sides.
The Brooding Soldier monument to Canadian soldiers sits near a junction that was called Vancouver ...
Belgium is so sweet
... so great brunch. We had hamburgers, mussels and pasta. The hamburger was startling! They brought us just the patty and chips, no bun. To this day we still don't know if they simply forgot to place the bun on the plate before bringing it out, but we were very wary of all subsequent hamburgers in Belgium after that - we checked every time before we ordered if the hamburger indeed included a bun - and got somewhat perplexed looks because of ...
The historic city of Bruges.....
... and I kept my Day pack and Camera bag with me.
The drive out of Brussels took awhile due to the morning traffic, and eventually we reached the historic city Ghent. We disembarked near the large Saint Bavo Cathedral and then went inside for a short tour. No photos were allowed unfortunately, but it has a spectacular interior.
Ghent (also spelled as Gent) is a city of about 245,000, located in the East Flanders region of the country. The ...
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