Blogs from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe - page 217

So this is officially the most boring and irritating day of my life. However it is slightly improved by the fact that I am in Europe, under any other circumstance, I would not be happy at all right now. Jackie and I were supposed to go to Pisa today, so we left our hotel room, after getting little to no sleep and then went off to the train station in a cab that cost an unexcpected massive amount of money (details of the exact sum will not be mentioned). We recovered from that and took a train to nice. While we were waiting a combination of the heat, the horrid horrid sunburn, lack of sleep and the massive amount of cheese consumed teh day before made me nautious (the mucus is here.....SPASM SPASM!!!! - ten points ... read more

Quiet Brugge is quite a change from noisy, hectic Amsterdam.  People go home at about 7 at nite.  Amsterdam had only one choice for beer: Heinikin.  Even a small bar in belgium has 50 kinds of beer.. all good and all cheap. But Brugge is a really cool place...it's europe's best preserved medevil city.  There's lots of canals and old churches... however the tourists far outnumber the locals... A city that I liked better than Brugge was Ghent which had the same beauty to the city but with a more vibrant feel to the city.... read more

Well this is my last my last blog. I am now in Juan les Pins relaxing before my plane home sometime this weekend. The water here is a little disappointing after Greece but it’s nice. Caren’s here until Friday taking a vacation from all the travelling too. I forgot to mention in my blog about Venice all the glass and the masks. Every shop window was bursting with color an sparkles from the glitter on the masks and the sparkling glass. I bought a book full of really nice color pictures of the costumes during the carnival in March. I would love to go back and see the carnival. The masks are unbelievably beautiful. We got to watch people at the glass factory blow glass it was pretty impressive. The guy made this little glass horse ... read more

Why i am in Brugge "you should go to Brugge, they have the best chocolate" -Sarah Yeah, they do. and for much cheaper than anywhere else i have ever been. Brugge smells like food, waffles, steak, chocolate, pastries, seafood.... heaven. I've been walking around looking at the beautiful streets and smelling all the food. For lunch i got a Prociutto, tomato and goat cheese (a creme goat cheese, think goat cheese brie) sandwich. so good. then a 100g of famous for a reason chocolates... for only E1.70. I'll have to take some of that on the road. I went to a Dali exhibit, but i am still in musuem shell shock from the last two days, and walking around here was just what i needed. Now i am going to get mussels and waffles with two ... read more

Don't know much of the history of Brugge, this small but very charming city in northwestern Belgium. The Spanish name makes one wonder however. Brujas - witches. What the heck was going on back in the days when the Spaniards ravaged the region? And are there still ladies in the streets we should look upon with suspicious eyes? Nothing witchy happens, our group enjoy the city to the fullest. It is indeed a city to be enjoyed to the fullest with its medieval architecture and narrow canals, and other cool stuff. The group of to-be-Masters disintegrates rather quickly, and I'm left to explore the city on my own. A re-unite with my little blonde friend results in a boat tour on the canals. Very touristy, very cold in February, very Amsterdam, and probably very smelly, but ... read more