Prado Ostende
Leopold II Laan 22 Ostende, West Flanders, 8400, Belgium
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Final Morning and Final Thoughts
... the station, dragging our suitcases over the cobbled streets – waking up the Bruges residents as we go… We pass those sights that we’ve sighed over the last couple of days, and whisper a silent farewell to this wonderful city.
At the station, this is where we have our slight panic at which Brussels station we are getting the train to… It’s ...
Day 3 – Anniversary walks, carriage rides an
... whenever we need to… no long walks, no train/metro/tram rides. So it’s a short stop, before heading out into the cold once more.With no queue at the horse & carriage ‘taxi rank’’, we’re soon whistling through the cobbled streets, leaving pedestrians and cyclists in our wake.
I had looked with envy at those passengers earlier in the day; wrapped up in cosy tartan blankets… we were offered instead what ...
Day 2 – the best laid plans….
... It’s off to the Koningin Astrid Park, where I am excited to discover the bandstand featured in ‘In Bruges’. Did I mention that both Mr Fletche and I love this film, and watched it again in preparation for our trip? And now I’m home, I feel the need to watch it again so I can spend the whole film going “I stood there. And there. Ooh, and there!”
Luckily, there are no suicidal hitmen present today, ...
Belgium and its beer.
... from Perth.
Anita and I signed up for Belgian beer tasting at the hostel that night. It seemed like a good idea at the time...
Actually it was really fun! Our host (Kai?) reminds me of my friend Ivan from NJ. And by that I mean he is like him in every way. He is completely mad. But hilarious. He told us all about the beers we were tasting, as well as lots of others that we didn't get to taste. We tried Orval, Chimay, Hoegaarden, Duval and...?
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Why hello Brugge
... parking garage and finally got bikes. JUST as we got our bikes, it started to rain.. got slightly lost in an attempt to find a place that had 3 euro spagetti dishes but eventually made it to find the restaurante was full. but across the road was a place that gave you pasta and sauce in a container that you would get french fries in at a cafeteria. but it did the trick.
After the pasta we biked around for a while, looked at some ...



