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What do you mean it's Monday?

A travel blog entry by asheevk

... eat breakfast in the hostel (first time I did that while staying there in Amsterdam) and get myself sorted to check out. The girls in my room were also checking out today, so Blanka, Khan Chi and I were all trying to sort ourselves out while our Italian roommates where sleeping. I met up with Danny (guy from the US) when I went down to have breaky.

Ended up walking around with Danny through the square by our hostel and enjoying one last walk by the canal close to our hostel. Danny ...

Unique Little Town and Worth the Stop

A travel blog entry by kstoklos

... famous. During our dancing efforts, we struck up conversation with a very kind retired couple(Reggae Rod and Carol) from Connecticut, and their fun-loving, quirky friend, Stephen. We were later invited over to Stephen's house in Brugge to enjoy his Belgium beer on tap, and canal side terrace. As it turns out, Steven is a CEO of a Russian oil company, and his house in ...

Picturesque Brugge and sobering Flanders

A travel blog entry by wayfgrrl

... seeing more of the Flanders countryside and learning about its history and economy, we sampled three Belgian “delicacies” – waffles, chocolate and beer.

Spoken Flemish is a dialect of Dutch. Written and schoolroom Flemish is standard Dutch. Flemish is the language of Flanders in northern Belgium; French and Flemish are official languages of Brussels; and French is the language of Wallonia in southern Belgium. I ...

Belgium is so sweet

A travel blog entry by saaimas

... just for display. We drove along the scenic canals and windmills, and took postcard-perfect pictures.

After that we went and checked out one of Cindy's to do's, which was to go to a Chocolate factory. It turned out that what was advertised wasn't a factory at all, but just a museum, which charged as much as the Louvre! We decided we didn't have the time or inclination to look at pictures of chocolates, and gave that a skip. But ...

The historic city of Bruges.....

A travel blog entry by eagle10

... that a tip for the driver was expected. As no tips are required at any time on Rick Steves tours, I didn’t provide a gratuity but suspect that one was provided by our Guide. After that we were free for lunch.

I first went to an indoor sandwich shop to use the washroom, but when I went to order lunch I couldn’t find any of the group so I decided on another option. I walked back towards the Saint Bavo Cathedral and dined at the ...