After our adventures in the UK, we travelled through France to Belgium and stayed in Brugge for a few nights. The experience of driving directly onto the train, and then sitting static - but with all the sensations of moving - was both claustrophobic and kind of awesome. I tried not to think about being in a giant tunnel under the ocean at the same time. Yeluk.
I’m sure everyone says this, but Brugge was BEAUTIFUL! Both the older part of town, and the newer houses. It was refreshing to see design and variety even within terraced houses. How does this happen? Does one building go up first, or do they all get built at the same time, but intentionally different? Thank you Belgium for your appreciation of aesthetics and diversity.
We actually met a women on the bus who was there during the filming of ‘In Bruges’ and met Colin Farrell. Just as she was about to get a snap with him, the battery in her camera died. We climbed the Belfry (they didn’t show the massive queue in the film!), had mulled wine and waffles, and soaked up the beauty of the canals and pretty lights. Basically, Brugge was the bomb.
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