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

as blogging seriously wrecks my beauty sleep this will be ruthlessly short. Today saw 2 churches in depth - St Salvator Cathedral and the one up the road, Church of Our Lady, too late to really do the Mennling/Hospital Museum so tomorrow, bought 15 various Belgian chocs, ate 3, drank cherry beer, went to one jazz show at Concertgebouw (Keith Tippetts , solo piano) - had dinner - mussels and chips - another beer, a liqueur of Anvers, discussed the lack of trade with the restaurant lady (weekends are still good but mid-week is pretty slow), the other jazz show - crazy Italian group called Il Vino all'Opera - piano, accordion, drums, bass, clarinet and tuba - like Fellini circus music sometimes - a blues by Rossini (oh yes?) - then last look at the tower ... read more

Another nice day in Brugge, with the exception of being charged 9 euro for a Coca Cola at a restaurant...the waiter just ended up paying for it by not getting a tip. Other than that, the day was fun. It started at breakfast with our hosts and we met the other two couples staying at the B&B. Both couples were older, one from London and the other from a little town in Holland. It was very nice speaking with them and seeing where they were going next. We walked around and ventured into a few areas that we hadn't seen before. I tried to find a brewery just to the east of Brugge but it appparently isn't there anymore because at the address I had, there was a giant hole filled with construction workers. We went ... read more

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