Day 20

I have found my second favourite destination from our trip- Brugge, Begium!

Brugge in actually called the Venice of the North which makes sense why I love it since Venice is my number one favourite place. 

Belgium is my contribution to our trip. Originally we were going to head back to Paris to catch the Eurostar to England but I discovered that we could get the Eurostar from here. Am I ever glad I figured that out. This place is just beautiful.

There are waterways, and garden and paths all over the city.

They have very interesting flowers here- they look like daisies gone wild

Again it was a case of every time we turned a corner we saw another amazing sight.

There was a huge market in the middle of the city. We grabbed some fresh cooked chicken and potatoes 

and had am impromptu picnic on a wall. It was a bit of a feat for me to get up there lol.

We are getting pretty good at reading maps and finding our way around places when all the signs are not in English but occasionally we still need a bit of help. We have been taking turns asking and the occasional yell of "not it" can be heard. Today we needed to find a bank. It was Nicole's turn to ask. We are pretty good at picking out locals which can be difficult when there are so many tourists around. We thought this guy looked like a banker so he was a good choice.

They have the the coolest roof tops here. All the houses look like cookie cut outs.

I have been excited to come here since I saw the movie Monuments Men. I knew that Michelangelo's Mandonna and Child statute was here and I was amazed to be able to see it.

We did a lot of walking and it was a beautiful day so we ended up in a park- as usual. I spent some time gazing up at the trees and watching the clouds.

These two had a nap.

Belgium is a relatively young country and it was settled by a lot of different countries. There are French, German snd Dutch influences throughout the city. They even have windmills.

They are very famous for their chocolate. It's great because there are so many chocolate stores and they all give you free samples!

Another thing Belgium is famous for is their waffles. You can have them 20 different ways!

Ours were delicious!

We decided to celebrate our last dinner outside of London with a really nice meal. We found a great restaurant that had amazing food. We had endive soup, salad, Flemish stew, French fries and chocolate mousse for desert.

It has been a great day here in Brugge, I can't believe we head back to London tomorrow.