Royal Astor Ostende
Hertstraat 15 Ostende, West Flanders, 8400, Belgium
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Final Morning and Final Thoughts
... interest to non-Bruges visitors, but the only travel problems we encountered was when we finally arrived back in Birmingham via London – at 5pm. Rush hour. And Rihanna has hit town. And there’s an accident on one of the major arteries in and out of the city centre.
We gratefully sink into a taxi… and we wait, and we wait. The meter is ever-increasing ...
Day 3 – Anniversary walks, carriage rides an
... Another walk through residential streets not generally visited by tourists… I’m sure we always take the most meandering route anywhere we go. Eventually, the square and fountain is in sight… it is fact ‘t Zand and the large building on our left is the Concertgebouw (Concert Hall). There are lots of people enjoying their lunch around the fountain (blighting Mr Fletche’s photos somewhat… every photo has a curly-haired youth ...
Day 2 – the best laid plans….
... is – and all of Day 2’s activities being completed by 11am…
So – on-plan – we head for Burg Square. Just a five-minute walk from the hotel, and I finally allow Mr Fletche to look… Photos are taken of this administrative heart of Bruges, and we take a reverential peek around the Chapel of the Holy Blood. Neither of us Fletches’ are religious in the slightest, yet we can still experience the atmosphere of ...
3 countries in 1 day
... soon to arrive in France at the port of Dunkirk where we will drive on the wrong side of the road to Brugge, France where we are camping tonight.
After the ferry ride we realised as we were driving off the boat that we forgot to buy a GB sticker to show that the car has come from Great Britain. We thought it would be an easy task to get one at a service station, apparently not as we were now in France! We drove into Dunkirk and asked at the information centre, ...
96 Hours across Europe by train: Brugge
... as described in their brochure, huge. All the dining and meeting rooms here are exceptional, lovely antique decor and a really peaceful setting in the heart of such a great little city.
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