Nuit Blanche Brugge

... English detective show or something. We had a great night out and ran back to the hostel in the rain.<br>We walked all around the town and saw little parks and local areas to the north of the town where people actually live. Around town there are heaps of chocolate shops and even a TinTin shop! The clothing stores are all fancy and there are mouth-watering pink-decorated candy stores.<br>Our visit to Ghent was nice too. It is ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... and a bit of music and then back to the hostel bar for some pool and off to bed.<br>Some of the beers we tried in Belgium included Timmermans Peach &amp; Cherry, Triple Karmeliet (best beer in the world for 2009), Leffe Blonde, Kwak (in a funny yard glass style glass), Brugie Zot, St. Beqnardus and Duvel. There were others but i can't remember them all. <br>Next off the Krakow to see Auschwitz via Brussels and Berlin.

Hey everyone, Just got back from a day trip to Brugge. It was absolutely amazing and I'll be uploading some really cool pictures of a town that has been standing since the 12th or 13th century. I'll also be writing a much bigger entry than this as well. I hope everyone is doing well. -John

... the most about traveling.   At this point in the day, it started to torrentially pour.  I was so glad I had my raincoat, because even with it, my legs and feet were soaked!  To escape the rain, we went into St. Jans' Hospital Museum, which sounded a lot more interesting than it actually was in my opinion.  It was pretty cool to see all the crazy things they did to people that they thought would cure them in the old days, though.  We saw a picture of "cataract surgery," which ...

... where Brugge is and where Mike came from (Italy)! The carving was pilfered by Napoleon and further recovered by Hermann Goring (famous bad Nazi). As it is Sunday, it is clear why there are so many people here- it is ...

The pictures with this entry aren't very exciting, but oh, well, here we go anyway. It's early evening as we leave Middelburg. The map shows a ferry crossing just south of Middelburg. It has an icon representing pedestrians, but none showing vehicles. We assume that the ferry will take cars too, but when we get to Vissingen there is nowhere to drive up to the ferry. We drive back north, then east, hoping we can ...