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September 10th 2007
Published: September 11th 2007
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One of the Mrkt Sq with a fountain with LOADS of statues in it...!
This morning slept in very late!!! Their beer here is surely GOOOD for me to sleep! and just learnt from a beer tour that they do add in these flower things and they actually help you sleep!

Anyways, it was raining in Antwerp and its Monday as well, most museums are closed, so decided to take the train to Bruges instead.
It was a quick ride and got there with better weather ne!
The town was very nice....lots of gothic style buildings and chuches!!!!! The Church of Our Lady was very grand and beautiful inside as well!!!! The town Squares were nice and even with many tourists, it didn't seem too crowded..=)

First went to the one and only local brewery for a guided tour. and wow, this town itself used to have over 400 breweries!!!! pretty amazing. and Belgium beer also have different ingredients from beers around the world! rather unique ne! and they have to register everytime they brew and have people come check the process and alcohol level of the beer each time!!!! ging ah!! The lady who gave the tour was funny as well.. cracked loads of good jokes!
After the tour of course, get
Brugge's local beeer!Brugge's local beeer!Brugge's local beeer!

The one and only brewery left in town..its the local white beer, a nice light-tasting beer ne! but got me drunk for the afternoon...^^"
to taste the beer. Its included in the ticket so of course I had to drink it, even though I was so hungry....So, I was drunk after one glass....had to drink fast and run off to find fooooooood! =P

Walked around, and tried the most popular fastfood here - Fries. They have all these dressing for them! Like....CurryKetchup and all these other ones I dunno the name of.....Fries are fries, they taste like fries to me. I got it with PepperMayo....errr..I pre

Loads of chocolate stores!!!!!!!!! I am so in love with chocolates now.....bad for me ne!!!!!! Didnt buy them though coz locals say the ones from the supermarket is just as gooooood and they ARE!!!!!=D

Ran to the Chocolate Museum and they were closing!!!!!ARGH!!!!! I must return to go there tomorrow or the day after!!!!!! ><

So had time left, walked around, bought a new scarf...-___-" then took the train back to Antwerp lu!


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Inside the restaurantInside the restaurant
Inside the restaurant

Outside of the brewery is their restaurant...hidden in a yard.
What a collection!!!What a collection!!!
What a collection!!!

collection of beer cans from all over the world!!!! Except not Belgium themselves coz they all put beer in bottles and not cans....very true though, in glass or on draft taste WAY better than cans!
some machine...some machine...
some machine...

used in the beer making process.....
part of the tour...part of the tour...
part of the tour...

was walking up to the roof to see the spinning chimney and the paronama view of the town! too bad it was a glooomy afternoon...
beer sampling...!beer sampling...!
beer sampling...!

the best part of the tour for many people!
Fries w/ peppermayoFries w/ peppermayo
Fries w/ peppermayo

had to run for this after that beer!!!! the mayo was alright... very heavy meal tho....>__<"
Church of Our Lady...Church of Our Lady...
Church of Our Lady...

i think....but its a nice gothic style building for sure!=)
another buildinganother building
another building

gothic style again, sitting right in the town sq!
more churchesmore churches
more churches

and a nice doorway, as usual
Cute streets!Cute streets!
Cute streets!

not very colourful streets but they are cobblestone roads with lots of old buildings...its just the red bricks...err..
blue skies back!blue skies back!
blue skies back!

The blue sky came back towards the early evening!!
greeeen.....what!?greeeen.....what!?
greeeen.....what!?

first shot - grass. look closer - dead water, stay longer - not recommended. Worst part of the old town so far..^__^"


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