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Brugge, Belgium
Day 1 Well, we had planned on a short visit to Brussels, Belgium, before visiting Brugge. We just did not plan on it being as short as it was. The visit lasted about 2 hours. We arrived in Brussels, again arriving in a city without a hotel, at about 1PM and we had planned on heading to the city center tourist office. The bus station we arrived at …
Jesus' Blood, Michelangelo, Windmills, & More Beer
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We arrived in Bruges and immediately began noticing scenes from the movie, In Bruges. The town was everything I expected: medieval-looking, quaint with amazing architecture, flower boxes in the windows, and cobblestone streets. This was a nice contrast to Brussels, which was more like a big city.
We walked from the train …
Belgian Battlefields
... checking the Visitor's Books at each cemetery to see if we can come across any evidence of the North High connection visiting the same places we have been. This was all we could do of our tour (Flanders Fields Museum in Ieper being closed on Mondays and we have visited the Menin Gate twice for the 8pm service) so we followed Bob Shaw's recommendation and headed towards Poperinge to see the Lyssenthock Cemetery. This was a real highlight of our day. Our visit began in the very ...
A slow start and a really good day
L: Today we got down to breakfast later more then early. We had a really good breakfast! It was not rushed which is why it was so good and the food was good too! Then we just chilled, soon we are going to do a walking tour. Today we are going to get ready to leave Belgium. We are going to Amsterdam. In Amsterdam we are going to the Anne Frank museum. I think the walking tour will be fun! But you never know. First on the walking ...
Bruges
... lot of shops which had lovely wooden toys and Christmas decorations. Ben picked out one to take home, it was beautifully hand painted.
We continued walking and came to the Markt, this is the centre of the town. From what we had read The Markt boasted great architecture, and it didn't disappoint. By this time it was mid afternoon and we were getting a bit thirsty. We found a bar and decided to sample some more Belgium Beer. It ...