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Published: January 2nd 2008
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Can you believe we've been married for 9 years? Matt says it feels like 90 and I just laugh. In some ways, it feels like we've known each other forever but at the same time I can still remember our wedding and it doesn't feel like it was 9 years ago!
Anyways, since our anniversary was on December 12th, which of course fell on a Wednesday this year, we decided to spend the weekend before our anniversary in Brugge, Belgium to celebrate. I got off work at noon because it was a 6 hour drive to get there and we didn't want to arrive too late since it was a B&B. We stayed at the Royal Stewart B&B which is owned by a Scottish woman named Maggie and her Belgian husband Gildbert, although we only saw Gilbert once the whole weekend and only for a minute.
Brugge was gorgeous. We didn't do much during the weekend besides just walk around and duck into all the cafes and shops so I'm not going to break it down day by day like I normally do. We arrived in the evening on the 7th and checked in. Our room was spectacular. Maggie
used to own an antique shop right next door to their house (which was built in the 18th century and housed nuns until sometime in the 1950s). She decided to close up the antique shop and turn the house into a B&B instead so the whole house has really incredible furnishings. She had two little dogs that greeted us in the morning when we came down to dinner and loved for us to rub their bellies. They're puppies...only 6 months old...and really have no idea what a stranger is. Breakfast both mornings was a typical European breakfast...bread rolls, cold cuts, cheese, fruit, and coffee or tea but filled us up so that we didn't have to go spend more money on food for a while. The only other couple staying in the B&B was a British couple...she was from England and he was from Wales. I found it very amusing when all of us were standing around talking...we all spoke English but a little differently from each other 😊
Brugge is very romantic...even though it rained for a portion of our trip. The streets, like most European streets, are cobblestoned and there are tons of little stores and probably
a tea shop every third doorway. This is the kind of place to go for a leisurely weekend. We did go into a church and see Michaelangelo's Madonna and Child, which was exciting, and on our way out of town on Sunday (December 9th) we stopped to see some old windmills, but besides that we just wandered.
Our first night we ate at an Argentinian restaurant...mainly because it was still open and we were hungry. The food was good but the entertainment is really what got us. They had three guys playing some sort of guitars and various other instruments (portable keyboard, maracas , etc.) and singing Argentinian music. It was loud enough that it was entertaining but not so loud that you couldn't have a conversation if you wanted to. We really enjoyed it. Our second night we ate at a little place that was a basement restaurant and had incredible stone work and old supports. I don't think I'll ever get tired of all of these old buildings!
Our last morning, Sunday, when we came down for breakfast, the British couple was gone and another couple had taken their place. She was Belgian and he was
Italian. They live in Italy now and were just in Brugge to visit her family. They were great to talk to and gave us their address and phone number so we could come visit them in Italy!
Just think, 9 years ago we were living in Alabama and now look at us...we're living in Germany, vacationing in Belgium for the weekend. It will be interesting to see where we are 9 years from now 😊
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