Bruges

We thought it couldn't get any more charming than Amsterdam...then we went to the gothic city of Bruges. How can I best describe Bruges to you if you've never been? Think of a Walt Disney fairytale town and that is the perfect description. Narrow cobbled lanes, high stone towers, picturesque canals, waffles with ice cream, and even a painting of Rufus...it was perfect!!

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passing the windmills of Holland by train

On the way to Bruges

We have arrived

Bell Tower on Market Square. We hiked to the top of the tower one day

Market Square - Just darling

view out our hotel window

breakfast at our hotel

We found this painting that looked just like Rufus in a shop right near our hotel. We bought it immediately and shipped it home to Seattle. Such a great conversation piece

Belgium Chocolate!!

Mango, I have found you again

Church of Our Lady with Michelangelo's Madonna and Child in the background...Michelangelo's only work to leave Italy. I lit one of the candles you see there

We took a canal tour

Waffles with ice cream on top...why have we not been doing this at home?

We bought chocolates here

climbing the bell tower

views overlooking Bruges from the Bell Tower

Basilica of the Holy Blood

Having a Belgium Beer on Market Square and working on postcards

Dan picked our dinner spot and of course it would be called De Hobbit :)

I bought this jacket minus the belt

the darling little shop we bought the Rufus painting from. The painting was all the way to the right in the window...waiting for us