Prado Ostende

... more like 2500. My favourite beers were de Garre (local speciality sold exclusively at the pub of the same name - Dark flavourful and quite strong), Leffe, Westmalle Trappist, Bruges zot and bok. Whitney even gave in and sipped a few of my beers until we found one she liked!! It was a Raspberry fruity beer that was quite sweet.<br>Other than beer, we had to indulge in the other Belgian standards: Waffles, chocolate ...

... 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 ...

... have some lunch, then cycle back and see the sights we had missed the day before.<br><br>We went and hired our bikes and set off on our way. We took the outer city route to get to the road to Damme so that we could ride alongside the canal the whole way. It was really pretty with lots of trees, people walking or running or cycling and lots of dogs running around. It was nice and peaceful.<br><br>Across the canal and on the road to Damme from here! This was even more peaceful, we ...

... start on my way to Bruges in the morning.<br><br>The trip to Bruges by train takes about an hour, and the scenery was nice. Splurged on a taxi to the hotel (10 Euro) and I&#8217;m glad I did. This town is a little maze of tiny winding medieval streets. Got settled in and the hotel gave me a map. Rested a bit and struck out on my own. The town is amazing. I think it&#8217;s the best place I&#8217;ve been yet and I&#8217;m here for three ...

... ice cream combination was ridiculously delicious. After that, we continued to the main plaza (where the climax of In Bruges occurred, for those interested &#8211; it was crazy to be where it was filmed!). There, we walked around the bell tower, the Medieval Belfort, and admired all the fantastic architecture, including the beer wall that displayed every beer brewed in Belgium &#8211; a landmark in wall construction, I&#8217;m sure. We skipped lunch ...

... 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 ...

... since these were 28 Euros decided to check out if we could adapt them before buying anymore. When we got back to the caravan managed to adapt the new window bars by sawing of the locking mechanism and attaching them to the existing window fittings. By moving one of the old bars to the kitchen window and fitting the new bars to the bedroom window this left us with one more window to fix. Back to Decupyer to get another pair of bars, which were fitted to the other bedroom window.

... chocolate I've eaten in Belgium during this trip. I grabbed a corn dog sort of thing for lunch - it was more like fried sausage roll filling in a light batter. Not bad, not great, but it was cheap food! I did some shopping - as I went to try on some clothes a couple walked out of a changing room together. A changing room quickie, I guess! But I wasn't as fortunate as that guy - I only ended up with a handful of clothing upon ...

... the best areas and see the highlights. We ended our day eating at a fantastic Italian restaurant in the heart of the city. I know what you are thinking- "Italian food in Belgium?". It turns out Belgium is home to many Italian immigrants that came to work in mines years ago. Consequently, they opened several restaurants in the city that all have amazing Italian food! We had worked up quite an appetite walking all day, so we REALLY ...