We were up early again for breakfast and to catch the train to Brugge.

We stole more food for lunch and jumped in the train.

Five views of Brugge (postcard from Tanya)

It was raining in Brussels but by the time that we got to Brugge it was gorgeous as you will see in the photos.

(three photos) ---The Square---

We walked to the square and it was gorgeous.
The town itself was a bit like Gent but only parts of Gent were pretty whereas all of Brugge was stunning.

The statue where they had a bite to eat......

......and Tanya and Amanda in the Square

We took photos in the square and sat on the statue and had cheese and crackers.
We watched the horse and carts take tourists off on rides around the town.
It was definitely like being in another time.

Amanda and Tanya on the cruise boat

We walked down to the canals and took a cruise.

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A very old building--- The only 5-Star Hotel in the city

It was different to Amsterdam where the canals are mostly lined with roads.
In Brugge most of the canals are right up against buildings.

"It was lovely on the cruise" ------

It was lovely.

"The tiny window was very strange" (three photos)

We saw lots of stuff…the tiny window was very strange.

"Someone's underwear!"----- "A Dragon drainpipe"

I took a photo of a house that had their washing hanging out for the world to see and a great drainpipe with a dragon on the end of it.
There were also parking garages for the boats and you could see the steps up to the houses.

-- "Some of the nice buildings we saw"

"so we went and sat in the sun in a little square" (two photos)

We went to go and see the 'Madonna and Child' but the church was closed until 1.30pm so we went and sat in the sun in a little square and had a drink until it opened.

The Church of Our Lady

(two photos) --"Madonna and Child"-- (two photos)

A few details on the statue (and a postcard from Tanya)

Then we went and saw the 'Madonna and Child' and it was lovely.
It is apparently the only Michelangelo sculpture outside of Italy.

Once again we ran into the American boys - definitely following us!

The entrance to The Bejinhof

(two photos) ---The Bejinhof--- (two photos)

We walked to the Bejinhof (there was one in Amsterdam too).
It was different but still lovely.
To get to it you had to walk over a canal on a little bridge were the cruise boats go through.

"The bank where we had a bit of a snooze"

Amanda and Tanya - "The World Travellers"

After we had wandered around for a while we found a nice sunny spot in a park by the canals and had a waffle and basically chilled out and might have even had a bit of a snooze.
I had set my phone alarm so we didn’t have to watch the clock and was very disappointed when it went off.
It was so relaxing there.

We missed the train by about a minute so we had to wait half an hour for the next one so we sat on the platform and ate the rest of our cheese and crackers.
While we were waiting a few of the girls from the tour came and sat with us.

We got back to the Brussels and found somewhere for dinner.
We wanted to stay right away from the blokes from last night so we found a nice Chinese place.
The only thing was that one of the blokes from the night before walked past and stopped and talked to us!
I tried some of Amanda’s soup that she had.
It was hot and she said that she would blow on it for me to make to cooler - then we cracked up laughing again.
Another thing those American boys could misconstrue - eating from each other's plates!

Anyway, we went back to the hotel and jumped on the bus - it waited for us this time!!
We had a drink at the train station with a few of the Aussie girls that were on our trip - some of them had gone to Luxembourg for the day and they told us all about that.

Tanya ready for the trip back to London

Then it was the train trip home.
I was very tired but it was a lovely trip.

Bruges is one of my favourite places - it was so relaxing.

Oh, and I got another stamp in my passport!!