We woke up in Bruges to grey rain clouds contrasting with orange roofs. Luckily, we only actually got rained on once throughout the day, although the 60 degree weather felt quite chilly after the 90+ days we've been having in Amman.
We packed in a full day of windmills, churches, town squares, waffles, canals, window shopping, museums and chocolate. Obviously, the chocolate and waffles were the highlight (especially the waffles with chocolate). But in general, Bruges was surprisingly charming and endearing. Sometimes I feel like every European city is the same, with a Cathedral, Town Hall and Square, giant Clock and cobblestone streets. But Bruges surprised me and made me wish we didn't have to move on.
view from our window
one of many, many beautiful canals
a platform "where lovers met" (according to the boat guide)
questionable items for sale at the flea market
Church of Our Lady
the cutest of the Four Horsemen
Rachel's favorite kind of dog...
And Susan's favorite kind of troll
wish our daisies would grow like this
mmmmmmmmmmm.....
entrapment
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.......
one of four windmills left
what I imagine is inside the mouths of swans
quite possible true with this one, particularly nasty, swan
After 6 p.m., everything in Bruges had shut down. Since the sun didn't set until 11 p.m., we decided to drive out to De Haan, on the coast. It was surprisingly cold, down to about 40 degrees, which led to the use of head scarves which then led to a rendition of "Matchmaker" from Fiddler on the Roof. We watched the sunset and then headed back into town, to sleep and prepare for our next Belgian Adventure.
"Find me a Match of myyyy Own"
a little bored waiting for the sunset
sunset...definitely worth the cold...maybe?
1 comment:
That chocolate looked so delicious that I licked the computer screen hopefully.
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