Passage Brugge

I ended up leaving Amsterdam for Brussles, but decided to skip that city and head to a smaller less known city.... Brugge. I got all checked into the hostel called Passage. It's 10 times cleaner then the last place, has only 4 beds per room, and it's only 12 Euro a night. That is less then half the price of the dump where I stayed in Amsterdam. I met this guy named Brad from Canada staying in my room. I was glad he could speak English. We went and ate dinner and then went out at night. Later ...

The Ryaniar airport near Charleroy it's not so near to Charleroy. You have two choice: a bus to the city, or a train ticket that allows you, for only 10 €, to go everywhere in Belgium (i.e. a return ticket for a city of your choice). So we took the train to Brugge, a city everyone told us to visit. We arrived at the station and after some walking around the city, we found the right place to stay: Hotel Passage, an hotel-hostel, quite cheap. It was not very clean, we used our sleeping bag...

Entry containing 55 photos titled: he was trying to talk everyone into dancing!, houses along the canal, i love autumn leaves, more canal views, my fav. statue to far, oh please read blog for this story!!, our waffle hearts breaking at having to leave, the guys from the club the night before, um..this market sells dolls, incense and fish, .., ..., houses along the canal, i play the tuba in a fake band, more canal sites, my fav statue so far, old fish market, "Hurry Mar, they're gonna poop on us"-cece, Convent of the Sacred Heart, more bikes at every door..., the main canal of the city, The Venice of the North, more sights, The entrance to the Basilicaof the Holy Blood, Church of Our Lady, Madonna and Child--Michelangelo, our prayers and intentions, sights from our boat tour, The Cathedral, One of the many tunnels, more sights...cathedral, cathedral from the canal, ., celeste hates having her picture taken, they woke me up by taking my picture..., EVERYONE RIDES A BIKE!, the canals at night, small square off the canal, more bikes of course, the dutch women taught us how to make flowers, ..., the alley to our hostel, making our way to the belfry, the bell tower in Markt Square, buildings off Markt Square, The Cafes in Markt Square, The Church of the Holy Blood, early morning stroll around town, Canals in the blue morning sky, one of the four gates to the city, cobblestones we kept tripping on, first windmill i've ever seen!, the real deal!, i couldn't reach it...but I tried, turning into a beautiful autumn day!, windmills along the canal

We're on the train from Brugges to Brussels. We took advantage of a special weekend return ticket (valid for five days as this was a long weekend). We spent a night in Brussels (booking the Van Gogh Hostel for our return), got a return to Brugges and from there a return to Ypres. We booked The Passage hotel as we passed through Brugges. In Ypres, the only "cheap" accommodation was a B&B place for 1500 BF, about 1000 less than the hotels. It was a very nice house overlooking a lovely garde...