This past weekend I went to Brugges, Belgium with five other girls for our four-day weekend. Everyone had to organize their own trips and deal with the travel details. We had the best time exploring the cute little town of Brugges, with its canals and cobblestone streets and brick buildings--not to mention the famous Belgian food: waffles, fries, chocolate and beer. It was a great weekend of relaxing, eating, and sightseeing. The only hiccup in our travels came with missing out train connection in Brussels on the way. I bet we looked hilarious--six girls with huge backpacks on, running/waddling in a single file line through the busy Brussels train station...no idea where we were supposed to go...
But we made it! Our weekend is best told in pictures, because Brugges is just too awesome to describe.
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| The first night out, Belgian beers! |
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| Postcard-pretty buildings perched on the edge of Market Square, the main central plaza. |
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| Hannah, Audrey and I in Market Square. Thank you, self-timer on my camera. |
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| The Chocolate Line--one of many amazing chocolate shops lining the streets of Brugges. I wish I could have dumped all my clothes and filled my backpack with chocolates. Bruce Fisk would not have been very happy with me though once I reach Syria... |
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| How cute is this. The little boats on the canal gave tours of the city, which we enjoyed on our first day. Our driver was tri-lingual, because in Brugges they speak Flemmish first, French second, and English third. Unfair. |
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| There are a good number of huge white swans swimming through the canals. |
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| Another shot of the canal and bridges, some of which are still original from the 14th century. |
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| The Begijnhof is a historic monestary for women, who lived in quite and solitude. |
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| It's a gorgeous green lawn, with tall trees and white-washed buildings lining the square. |
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| Overlooking a canal. |
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| We love Brugges! |
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| In The Church of Our Lady, this is one of the only Michaelangelo statues of Madonna and Child to ever leave Italy during his lifetime. |
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| Sarah, Kelsey, Audrey and Hannah on the boat tour. |
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| I love the architecture of the roofs--they reminded me of gingerbread houses. |
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| Hannah coming up the 300-plus stairs we climbed to get to the top of the Beltry (bell tower) in Market Square. |
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| The view of the city from the top of the Beltry. |
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| All six of us after our climb to the top. |
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| That's what we climbed. Awesome views. You should all do it someday. |
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| Belgian waffles! With strawberries and whip cream...they're to die for. |
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| Me, Kelsey, Audrey, Hannah & Hannah in Market Square |
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| Belgian fries in Market Square! |
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| We took a tour of the only working brewery still in Brugges. Belgium produces over 400 types of beers, and we got to sample some beer brewed right there in Brugges after our tour. |
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| The Hotel Fevery, our cute B&B with amazing breakfasts. |
Sounds so fun. What a way to spend Valentine's. As always, fantastic photos...I was wondering if you and your group has had time to follow the events in Egypt and the region? What an interesting time to be overseas, especially when you go to the Middle East.
ReplyDeleteHey Brett, thanks! Brugge was awesome so it wasn't hard to take great pics. We've actually been watching BBC news a little about Egpyt...the other half of our group had to cancel their trip there but we're still not sure what will happen for us. We're not scheduled to go until the end of April so hopefully the situation will clear up and we can go. Hope all is well with everybody back in LA! Keep sharp on your RISK skills for when I get back. :)
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