Arrived at¨Snuffle¨our Bruges hostel around midday. And headed out to wander around the amazingly cute streets of this little town. We also figured out why we had been having such a hard time getting a train to Bruges...apparently the two days we were there they were having this huge festival/ historical enactment that only happens once every 5 years. I'll spare you the suspense, we didn't make it. :)
Had dinner at the hostel and met a bunch of other travellers and decided to go out and find the club listed in our ¨You Persons Guide to Bruges¨We got there pretty early by European standards (midnight). So things were pretty dead. We almost left when the crowds showed up...and suddenly the club was bumping! And everyone was MUCH better dressed than us travellers. (Turns out it was good that we showed up early because when we left there was a bounder at the door and people who weren't trendy dressed up enough weren't getting in...ouch!)
Next morning we were out in search of Waffles...and we were not disappointed. Then for lunch we had the other traditional Belgian food. Fries. With Mayo. And they...were...so...good. With a belly full of grease we decided to climb to the top of the belfry for an amazing look over the city of Bruges. (Note: the climb is totally worth it...but save the fries for AFTER).
The Chocolate Museum was next on the agenda. Oh yea...I said chocolate museum! It wasn't as experiential as I would have liked...and we were definitely in need of a nap because we all fell asleep in the ¨how chocolate is harvested´ video. But my favorite quote of the trip so far came from an English boy about 8 as he walked into yet another room with chocolate pots and info on the history of the cocoa bean...said in a think English accent... ¨This hasn't to do with chocolate either!¨ I think, like us, he was hoping to taste more. But we still enjoyed it...and we also enjoyed heading back to the hostel for a nap!
Then we had dinner, ice cream and hot chocolate and called it an early night. This was when we started to ignore the early warning signs that a nasty chest cold was sneaking its way into our trip...there was some coughing...and some phlegm...and a lot of tiredness...but we were not sick, we were super travellers and we would see everything there was to see!! Hmmm...
The next morning we were off to Antwerp! Stay tuned for the lamest city so far...but the coolest hostel. :)
Blessings!
KNL
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