Canals in Brugge
Day 205
Brugge
Well, yes! It was definitely worth going to Brugge!!!
Once we got off the train, finally, we went to our usual 'first stop' and headed for the Brugge Tourist Centre. And the accomodation was FANTASTIC!
After paying an absolute fortune in Northern Europe...and in Holland....we got a B&B in Brugge for a pittance. With a wonderful Belgian couple..on a canal.
SO WE WERE HAPPY AGAIN!
Oh, it had a double bed too!!!
No kidding.....until then, we had all twin beds...and falling down the crack was becoming a joke! haha!
Brugge is so beautiful at night.
Originally we were only going to have a day here..BUT WE ARE SO GLAD TO HAVE THE NIGHT in this romantic beautiful place.
After we checked into our B&B we headed for this beautiful restaurant right on the canal. (Brugge looked a lot like Gouda to be honest!) The restaurant, called DUPHARWEST captured our eye because it was outdoors...looked cosy and popular..and it was a warm beautiful night.
We were so lucky to have a cloudless sky and it was warm. Very romantic!
Some of the dishes on the menu were hilarous. Kangaroo steaks and Antelope stew. We opted for Vegetarian wok (which was hot and spicy and yummy!) and beef with Duvel Beer.
After dinner we walked into central Brugge which was about 3km away....and it was all lit up and the buildings looked so beautiful, a bit like the Brussells Square. Belgium has such lovely buildings.
There were shops full of chocolates..and different beers..and laces..and horse drawn carts were moving about...so beautiful.
The next day we experienced a HUGE Brugge market...which had everything from dead foxes to coronation memorabilia..to deer heads..to ornaments and furniture. IT's the biggest market i've ever seen and it stretched the length of Brugge central.
Which made trains out of Brugge impossible. There were literally THOUSANDS waiting for various trains...
But we won't go into the chaotic Belgian TRAINS again!
However, we did go all the way to Brussells in an overcrowed, two carriage (WHY only two carriages when it was so crowded???) and had to sit midway between the carriages because there were no seats................
Ohh.
But...anyway, our last night in Europe..was spent in a beautiful place.
We reminisced as sat at the Brussells airport, ate Belgian chocolates...and french fries and had our toast to Europe!
OFF TO LONDON NOW!!!!!
