Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Brugge continued...

After the canal ride we passed out early becasue the time differnce is so great and we were exhasusted. We got some wine and looked out over the city over our room. Matt had his own room. And in the morning we got up and went straight to the "lace place" as Nee NEe called it, they make lace there and it was ok to go to, even Nee NEe said it was a bust. We did manage to watch a lady making lace on the street and i took a video of it, but I'm an idiot and I deleted it from my camera. We then went to a chocolate place becasue Belgium is famous for it's lace, chocolate and beer. Then Matt and I climbed the stairs to the Belfry Tower, pics up later, but it is really huge, 366 steps to the top, and very tiny winding staircase. From here we could view the city from a birds eye view. Then we went and had some belgian waffles (very good and light and crisp) and then went on a brewery tour. We saw how some belgian beer was made and then we got a pint of it for ourselves. I've never seen Nee NEe drink before so that was fun. We also saw Michalenglo's "Madonna and Child"which was really cool and in the chocolate place they had carved an exact replica out of white chocolate! Then we ate at a cute place and MAtt and I decided to try Flemish Stew. It was kind of like beef soup not that different. We then went home and Pa Pa watched golf in French and we went to bed. The only thing I didn't like was the walls were sothin so I could hear this baby crying for literally hours all night it sucked but that's ok. The next monring we got up and WALKED to the train station, it takes quite a while but we like doing it. BEST THING ABOUT BRUGGE: it's quaintness and quietness and the architecture
WORST THING ABOUT BRUGGE: people are not friendly (stinkin French) oh and Europe in general sucks b/c you have to pay to drink water or pee but oh well bye!

1 comment:

Kelsey said...

sounds like fun; cool you got to meet all sorts of people already and hang out w/ them!
everyday i find myself wondering where exactly you guys are and what you're doing!!
MISS YOU BOTH SO MUCH!
kelsey