Blogs from Brugge, Saint-Raphael, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe - page 6

Today started very early, and we raced to the Paris - Gare Du Nord train station. It was very overwhelming at first....I haven't been that lost ever. We did finally make our way to the correct rain platform only to find out that the train we needed was cancelled....but an earlier one was leaving within minutes. We managed to get ourselves on that train and rode out to Brussels where we caught another train to Brugge. Travel timewas not over, as we fought our way onto an extraordinarily crowded bus through Brugge (I think school just let out). We missed our stop, but only by 100 yards or so, and walked it to our bed and breakfast at the home of Marie-Rose DeBruyne. Using the door code given us, we entered and found our room just ... read more

Our Top 8 list for Brugge, Belgium. 8. You can drink beer walking around the streets 7. A can of beer costs less than a can of Coke Light. 6. Three cans of beer taste better than a can of Coke Light. 5. Canal tours are guided in Flemish, French, and Flenglish (English with a heavy Flemish accent) 4. In Canada, there's a Tim Horton's on every 2nd corner. In Brugge, there's a chocolate shop at every second store. 3. Pronounced in proper Flemish, the word Brrrruugge takes approximately 7 seconds in total. 2. The Belgians do appear to sport the odd pot belly (much to Nigel's relief!) probably due to all the beer, chocolate and waffles.... 1. Mmmmm belgian chocolates! Today was an awesome day in Brugge! We took in a chocolate museum (including some ... read more

It was a hot beautiful day, Gin and I went to find a canal cruise tour. We did many detours getting there because Gin needed money and it was not easy finding a cash machine. Somehow I am having a hard time spending my daily budget which is really good, I think I might have only meet it once and that was in Amsterdam. Gin and I have the same budget of €60 a day and that includes our accomadation and somehow she spends it everyday.We did stumble across the alley that had the huge case of close to all the Belgium beers and there glasses. Next to it was the biggest beer shop in Europe, it was two floors just full of beer and glasses to buy, Aaron would be broke when he came out ... read more

I woke up at 7:00 am so that I could get my stuff together because I really don't want to leave anything behind and having Aaron saying 'I told you so'. We want to try and find a market store so that I could get some Nuttela and Stroopruafels before I left The Netherlands because I need them and when Ingebord or Emiel come to Edmonton for a visit they better, hoping they bring me some...Hint hint. Breakfast consisted of left over pizza and a small Mcflurry that we picked up on our way to the train station. I got on the right train to Brussels and said good-bye to Ingeborg. I switched trains in Brussels and was on my way to Bruge. Once I got there I need to to other walk across town or ... read more

Brugge is ground zero for architecture, waffles and chocolate. An amazing UNESCO World Heritage, focused mainly on turism, friendly compact city almost designed for visitors to wander around on foot. A real place full of life. ... read more