After a two hour train ride we emerged and found ourselves in a different country. It's crazy to me how easy it is to travel here. We were handed a map and told where to meet for lunch, then we got to explore!
The main things we did in Bruges were:
1) eat delicious food
2) take selfies
3) take photos of beautiful buildings
It was absolutely perfect. Bruges is beautiful. I saw the film In Bruges a couple years ago and I have always wanted to go after that. But I didn't think I'd be there so soon.
We had a great group lunch of soup, beef, baked applesauce (?), potatoes, beer, and chocolate mousse. Other things we ate throughout the day included Belgian waffles (I'll never be able to eat them in the States again), frites (which originated in Bruges!) and chocolate. What more could you really want in life?
The only downside is that right after lunch I fell on cobblestones and twisted my ankle. I did this in Berlin in 2011 too. Maybe I should avoid European cities that start with a B?
We walked around, posed for pictures, and looked in little shops. The great thing was that all the shop owners spoke English - I love French, but it was nice to not have to think about speaking for a couple hours. One tourist in a store we were in, who definitely had to have been American, heard us talking said to us, "It's nice to hear people speak English!" We were laughing all day - can I just hang out with these friends forever? The abroad life is really the best one.
At 5:30 we met at the train station for our train ride home, and we all fell asleep on the two and half our ride home. I loved Bruges and I'm excited to see more of Belgium when I go to Brussels next weekend.
PS - There are an obscene amount of photos below. I took so many that it was really hard to narrow it down. I've been uploading all my photos to my newly-created Flickr page - so check there if you want to see more!
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