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Well im exhausted i cycled to the north sea today from Bruges it is no small feat. Went ot Ghent yesturday was brill and tomorrow the journey continues to amsterdam oh back to the DAM fun and games im sure!! Im being very lazy actually with updating this but internet is expensive and i dont...

permalink written by  Dalziel on July 6, 2007 from Brugge, Belgium
from the travel blog: Euro Dream

more Ghent....

Well, still feeling grotty, but after enjoying breakfast, I went and looked at the castle. It is quite plain inside, although with several displays about medieval torture (the counts weren't entirely nice people!) The castle does also give some great views over the town.

permalink written by  martin_b on July 2, 2007 from Gent, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

Slightly wet...

I had to change train at Kortrijk on the way to Ieper. It's smaller than the big cities I'd been visiting, but with hidsight, it would have been nice to make space for smaller places like this. The town square has a nice bit of modern art, and there's a museum of some sort in the building...

permalink written by  martin_b on July 2, 2007 from Kortrijk, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

a fine cold...

For the next couple of days I was really really suffering...I think it was just a cold, but it was really getting to me, very chesty. So I'm a bit vague, and didn't enjoy things as much as I could have. Anyway, I went by Arentshuis, which has these classic Battle scenes carved into...

permalink written by  martin_b on July 1, 2007 from Brugge, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

Ghent

I didn't really get my head round Ghent, partly because I was ill, partly because I didn't spend enough time there. It's a funny city: if I was going to buy a house in Belgium, this would be the place, because it seems to be on the cusp between being a run down partly historic city and being the...

permalink written by  martin_b on July 1, 2007 from Gent, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

More Bruges (ok I've run out of inspiration)

Well, this was the first thing I saw today...I stll can't figure out how these guys thought they could get this pane of glass, in a huge wooden frame, through the window they were trying to fit it to. It just didn't fit- I stayed aroudn a while watching the free entertainment, and waiting for it...

permalink written by  martin_b on June 30, 2007 from Brugge, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

left overs...

Well, good riddance to that hostel! I made my way straight to the station, but had a while to wait for the train to Bruges, so I took around the streets to the North. I hadn't realised there's a whole new area up there, and I managed to find a fabric shop where I bought some fabrics for...

permalink written by  martin_b on June 29, 2007 from Antwerp, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

Brugge=Bruges

Well, it soon became clear why this is the city tourists come to. It may not have more attractions than the other cities, but they are nicely squashed together: Bruges only has one industry, and it's tourism. Quite right too mind, every street is a historic delight. It often feels like you're...

permalink written by  martin_b on June 29, 2007 from Brugge, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

Printing and stuff

Think I've already mentioned breakfast. I sat next to an American woman who had checked in at the same time as me. It quickly came clear this was a very large mistake. She didn't like the hostel. She didn't like Begium or Belgians. She didn't like France. In fact, I'm not entirely sure she...

permalink written by  martin_b on June 28, 2007 from Antwerp, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

Mostly cartoons

Well, the last day in Brussels, before moving on. I got a visit from another cat as I was packing up. It wanted to go out of the window, and sit on the balcony looking at the world below. Or maybe that was just the cat equivalent of borrowing a cup of sugar and it was just being...

permalink written by  martin_b on June 27, 2007 from Brussels, Belgium
from the travel blog: 10 days in Belgium

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