Belgium - Bruges

City population: 120,000
Nights Spent: 1
Accomidation: Bauhaus - budget hotel (also has a hostel)



http://www.bauhaus.be/

Description: "Bruges is called : 'the Venice of the North'. This splendid medieval city is one of Belgium's crown jewels. In no other European city the feel and the look of medieval times are so present as here in this city close to the North Sea."

http://www.trabel.com/brugge.htm

Our Trip:















One of the great things about staying at Bauhaus in Bruges, is that you get a coupon for a beer sampler at their restaurant (as long as you order dinner there). The beer there was the best I have ever had in my life! If ever you get the chance to drink a Trappist Beer, do so....it was made by the gods.....literally!
















Sorry about the blurryness, but those Trappist beers are around 10% (I still think this picture is pretty though. Bruges is an absolutely beautiful city!
































All throughout the night, there was a bell tower concert going on in the tower that you can see in this picture. The bells chimed throughout the entire city for hours (it was a truly amazing experience)! They even brought in some world renowned bell player for this concert.




















The next morning's view from the Bauhaus balcony.





















I then looked strait across from the balcony, and noticed that someone lobed a bag of poo on the neighbor's roof.....funny stuff

















More beautiful Bruges with beautiful Lydia!

















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Notice the bicyclist crossing the bridge - c'est tre bonn, no?























































The bell tower in the day time
















Lydia seems to think that the two of us look alike, but I just that that it's because we're both Leos.
















We got a chance to visit the Chocolate museum, which is a definite must in Bruges!
















There were many very cool exhibits all about chocolate in the chocolate museum, including this one, which proudly displays chocolate fetuses (those are the plants where chocolate comes from).




















Lydia noticed this statue made entirely out of chocolate, so she attempted to smash the glass to get at it.





















Unfortunately, when she tried this, we were met by the Chocolate Museum security guard, who quickly escorted us away from the statue.
















It's a good thing that Lydia and I didn't get our hands on the massive chocolate statue, otherwise we may have ended up looking like this guy!
















At the end of the museum, there is a presentation by a chocolateer, who shows everyone how to make truffles, and after which, you get to eat them!





















There was also a Salvdor Dali exhibit, which we were quite excited about, considering he's one of our favorite artists!




















He's a very eccentric artist, but I really like his works.





















Salvador's most recognizable piece, the melting clock.

















After the Dali exhibit, it was time to leave beautiful Bruges. The city is an absolute must for anyone in the area!