Day trip time again... this time to Bruges or Brugge depending on the language.
Girls on the platform awaiting our train. One stop in Ghent then in Bruges after a nice 50 minute ride.
I'm still working on the selfie, but Abigail says it's because I try to get too much other stuff and not enough 'self'. Ha! She's right, but there so much other stuff to get a picture of.
A beautiful view of a cathedral walking into town.
Here are the girls in front of the Belfort or bell tower. We did not take the 366 steps to the top, but we certainly admired it.
The only museum we went to was Choco-Story, the Chocolate Museum. These people love them some chocolate.
Every where you walked you really understood why the town is a UNESCO world heritage site. It's just amazing.
Look... another postcard or refrigerator magnet picture.
...and more waffles. Hey... got to fuel up on something.
Bruges is called there Venice of the north. I think it's because of its history and prominence as a shipping center... but the canals and postcard pictures at every turn made it similar to Venice in that way too.
The Church of Our Lady Bruges is where Michelangelo's Madonna and Child resides. It is beautiful.
And as usual, the church itself is a work of art.
Cindy and I before one of the canals.
And the girls as we leave the city. We made one last stop at an ice sculpture exhibit that was really good. My phone died, so I don't have any picture here and will have to rely on Cindy's snapshots.
We grab some food and board the train for the ride back to Brussels. It made me think of you, Micah McDaniel... we ate club sandwiches from a Panos at a train station, and gosh dang it... those sandwiches were incredible. We all voted top 5 or at least top 10 sandwich we had ever had. Crazy good bread does a lot for a sandwich.
One more day and one more stop, then done. Not sure I'll have internet tomorrow, so maybe no posts until we return... we'll see.
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