Blogs from West Flanders, Belgium, Europe - page 9

Breakfast in the hotel restaurant was great, all you can eat breads, yoghurt and juice with coffee to finish. Even Em had a good brekky – her first since being sick. Back on the road and while we were driving through a town, there was a thick red line across the road. Oh, that would be the France / Belgium border! The next town showed what a difference there is between the two countries. Belgium seems far more prosperous with wider roads, far better maintained buildings and even new construction going on. It seems the French are not very good at capturing passing trade while in Belguim, the main roads are where most of the restaurants and shops are – similar to most small Australian towns. The traffic lights are also different and the road rules ... read more

Brugge at night is just as fun as during the day. I re-visited some of the places I went to during the day. I saw: · Canals and Bridges · Open Market Areas · Archways and doors · Food and drink at the markets I also had dinner in a local restaurant – omelette and pom frittes... read more

Getting up this morning it was quite cold and damp. I did some wandering until the rain set in. Areas around my hotel (my room was the upper dormer window on the right hand side of the white building, and while the location was great, I won’t stay there again) Central Brugge with typical building architecture More canals including the main canal that goes to the sea Central Markt area The Belfort ... read more

I arrived in Bruges and made my way to my hotel. It was in an amazing location and the view was great, but I should have listened to the reviews, as it wasn’t very clean or comfortable. My room was the single dormer window on the white building. Never-mind, it was too late, so I went exploring! I saw lots of sights including: Canals and bridges Alleyways Open Market areas Statues Archways Old Buildings ... read more

There was so much in the way of sweet food, I could have put on 100kg just looking at it all! Chocolate Marzipan Hard Lollies (candy) Pastries and other yummies ... read more