Brugge - Market Square

In the lower left you can see the bleachers being set up for the ceremony display of the Holy Blood, held once each year on Ascension Thursday. We were there Monday.

Maastricht, West Flanders, Brugge, & Brussels

May 29th 2011
After the ceremony – to Maastricht Saturday, May 28th, evening After leaving the cemetery, we drove to Maastricht, Netherlands, only about a 40 minute drive. We arrived around 6:30 and checked into our hotel, the Kasteel Vaeshartelt. This was probably the nicest place we stayed on this trip, a three star hotel in an old castle on the outskirts of Maastricht. The rooms are ... read more

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