Brugge, Belgium and Home
Note: At last we are almost home and the update is nearly complete.Brugge, Belgium is not at all what you would expect of the hometown of Dr. Evil. Once a great thriving port specialising in lace and other textiles, it has now morphed into an extremely beautiful town. The reason the city is no longer a major textile city is because it's main river silted up and boats could no longer travel there. The city went into decline and today is the tourist but also working city it is today.
I say working city because a number of Old Towns in Europe seem to be mostly for the tourists and relics of glory days past. Some, including Brugge feel as if there is still a working city with a real residential population. Basically a city like you and I know but with beautiful old architecture that is used and not just full of museums and trinket shop.
We ate plenty of pommes frittes, moules and waffles, not to mention the Belgian beer. Sadly we could not stay long as it was Saturday and the next day we had to drive to Dunkerque, France for the ferry home.
Arriving back in London after four weeks on the road, we had forgotten how much stuff we had left undone in our new flat. But all and all I don't think either of us would have missed out on spending four weeks on the road seeing northern Europe.
Next we just have to see southern Europe.
posted by NV @ 9:37 pm
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