Brugge

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Yeah, it’s a nice day at last, so we set off for a bike ride through the wonderful old streets of Brugges. It’s a great way to see the town but riding on cobbled streets through pedestrians and traffic is a challenge though.
We’ve loved every minute of Europe but we’re looking forward to being able to speak to some one in English…anyone, even a shopkeeper. We’ve been able to get by with a very limited grasp of the language but it’s strange not being able to understand even the simple things like ‘would you like that in a bag’.
Catching the ferry tonight back to England.
Our budget’s going really well, Italy and France were surprisingly cheap even Rome, Venice and Paris (we haven’t had to resort to pinching money from the church collection urn yet)

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Photos

Hostel bar
...breakfasting at the moment though

Cycling through the town square
I can't really be held responsible for running over a tourist- they shouldn't walk in from of me while I'm trying to ride and take photos at the same time!

at last a smooth and easy ride on a canal path...
cobbled steets, traffic and tourists are hard on the nerves

and they even have windmills
but the steep grassy banks near the canal are more fun

Picnicing on the ferry to the UK
-avoiding the overpriced ferry food