Bruges, Belgium
Originally we planned to make a day trip to Bruges from Brussels but at the last moment changed to going to Bruges for two days in advance of visiting our Brussels friends. Bruges is a very beautiful old port city - best NOT to arrive on a weekend which we did since all the tour buses and day cruisers from Great Britain especially along with other Europeans arrive en masse for tours of the city. Bruges is a truly beautiful medieval city known as the "Venice of the North" - we learned from our Brussels friend Gabriele when we finally arrived there that Venice is rampant with mosquitoes - he had just returned from vacation there - and Bruges had none thankfully!
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Hurdy gurdy man out on the cobbled street playing for and dancing with tourists (not us)! Alas - no monkey... |
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Horses and carriages passed through the streets many times per hour. The endless clip clopping of hooves was quite pleasant to hear - this spot is the front entrance of our hotel. Not a great place to bring a vehicle other than these as you can imagine!  |
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The horse and carriage statue commemorates this huge tourist attraction. |
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We managed to find a nice place to exercise - alongside this canal a path went for a couple of miles  Better view from a bridge passing over the canal  Dragon head benches (above and below) typical in all the parks  |
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