Belgium is quirky and adorable and romantic and I've been speaking french for 24 hours now, and loving it! Belgian chocolates, bikes, lace, waffles and terrible weather (we must be near England...)
I have not got nearly enough time here - I had less than a day in Bruxelles and explored as best I could in the pouring rain, but all the sites are scattered randomly throughout the sprawling city so I didn't cover too much ground! I did manage to see the comic strip museum (Belgium is the home of Tin Tin and the Smurfs (schtroumphs - NOT "puffi" you silly Italians!!), eat a giant waffle with strawberries, cream and chocolate, and see an Italian movie which left me feeling all warm and fuzzy. As did the fact that I got to speak French everywhere I went - the first time EVER I've used it in a ligitimate situation, and it's kind of working for me! Yay!! Especially since Brussels lies above the language barrier and should speak Flemmish - it was a pleasant surprise to hear everyone using French.
Brugge is adorable, quite small but a beautiful mixture between medievil and gothic architecture, lots of plant life around and winding canals everywhere. I climbed to the top of the Belfry, checked out a museum, and saw the blood of Christ... once again I've only had an afternoon, but I will be taking a canal tour tomorrow morning and visiting the chocolate museum, as the busabout bus doesn't leave until 1pm. It has been wonderful to be away from Busabout for a few days, actually get a full night's sleep and work on my own agenda. Lesson for the future - be sure to get some time alone and don't follow others around! One more early night tonight and I'll be ready to a little partying in Amsterdam.
Oh, really wierd coincidence - I ran into 3 kiwis as I checked into the hostel here in Brugge, who were in my room in Switzerland 10 days ago! I had no diea they would be here... hbow random is that? You go for years without seeing your classmates, and yet over here you can cross the borders of 6 countries and still run into people!
Gonna get some photos up later tonight if I get lucky. Cross your fingers for me!
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Loving this travelogue but am most concerned at the implications of seeing "medievil" buildings. Are they scarier than "medieval"? I am insanely jealous and keep it all coming. Lots of love & hugs, Janet.
Alright smarty pants :-P
The keyboards are all alittle crazy over here so I apologise for not paying more attention to my spelling, but you should be grateful to be getting any stories at all with the effort that goes into typing!
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