Goeiendag/Hallo from Bruges! What a very cute little city it is here! Much cuter than I thought Brussels was. I ended up only staying in Brussels long enough to meet up with my friend, Arthur, and then after we'd walked around for about an hour with no luck of finding an information booth or a place to eat where people weren't smoking inside we decided to get to the next train to Bruges.
We were greeted in Bruges by nice by a cloudless blue sky (gosh, I'm lucky). It took a while to find our hotel and wheeling my suitcase there wasn't that easy because all the streets were cobbled. Cobbles are cute but weren't designed for the modern suitcase. Lucky for me though I never wheeled it, Arthur took the pleasure in that task (an offer I'm sure he quickly regretted).
We dumped our bags and went on search for food and it was easy enough to find but was all very expensive. I finally found a soup I thought was reasonably priced and took it to the square to eat. I was so hungry by that point that I practically sculled it down and as you can imagine this resulted in a rather sore and burnt mouth. I then went in search of ice-cream to help heal my poor mouth. The ice-cream worked and I got a waffle to go alongside it which made it even sweeter. The owner off the ice-cream van was pretty odd though and when I got my picture taken he whispered in my ear; 'Now say you love me in Swedish and only I'll hear you'. Weird right?!
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| This is my 'I'm so creeped out right now' smile |
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| It was delicious though! |
Unfortunately the time change in Europe has fooled us both and we thought it was a lot earlier than it actually was so by the time we'd eaten and were ready to visit some museums it was near 6 and everything was closing. It was still so light though so we continued to explore the cobbled streets and went for a walk around the canals. We're both big fans of the Colin Farrel film 'In Bruges' so everywhere we went we were trying to place it within the film. All the streets were so deserted it actually did feel like a giant film set.
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| By a canal |
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| Street buskers |
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| The famous tower |
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| A dinky church - they were everywhere |
Finding a place to eat for dinner was quite hard too (because of cost) but tonight I'm going to splash out and go to a spot that Davide recommended to me so I'm looking forward to that. The one good thing about the Greek place we went for dinner was the owner suggesting a local bar that wasn't going to be full of tourists. I really enjoyed the wheat beer and will probably head back there tonight.
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| A new favourite |
It's another beautiful day and I hope to do a trip on the canals and actually get into some museums today!
Stay safe, miss and love you all HEAPS!
Z xxx
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