Fries in the Mark't

Bruges Days 1 & 2

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September 13th 2014
I was sad to leave Paris yesterday, but I was also incredibly excited to get to Bruges. I hardly knew anything about the little Belgian city, but I had heard great things from friends who had visited and had been charmed by the movie “In Bruges.” (Well not charmed by the plot, but more the scenery!) Drew and I split ways with my parents at the Paris train station in the morning and boarded a t ... read more

Europe » Belgium » West Flanders » Bruges

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Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more