so, before going to belgium we kind of just assumed that our little bit of french would get us by in such an international country. as it turns out, brussels is the only international city. though touristy, bruges is predominantly flemish. we were not prepared for this, to say the least. on our way to bruges from paris, we had to switch trains in brussels, so we figured we'd get out and wander around for a bit because we'd heard good things. well, coming into the train station we saw grafitti everywhere, which was a little discouraging. however, we sucked it up and decided to make our way to the grand place, a large, rectangular plaza surrounded by the old town hall and some other really old looking buildings. can't you tell i absorbed the culture
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