Bruges is a couple hours west of Brussels in Belgium. It is know as being a fairytale like city, and I have to say that I agree. It is smaller and more quiet than the other cities EJ and I visited. There are plenty of old apartments still standing in the very narrow streets. The canals are all over the city and in the parks and stone arch bridges make it easy to cross over and walk all around. The buildings are very interesting with the tall point at the top of all the buildings, like you can see in this picture below.
We went to the oldest bar in Burges, which has been around since 1515. We also went to the church which has the vile of Christ blood, which changes into liquid form when ever the priests take it out of its box or something... The belfry in Bruges was huge, of course, but its very very pretty and Burges also has few squares that were in closed with all these beautiful buildings and churches.
EJ and I took an afternoon to picnic by the large windmills and the weather was absolutely perfect and I got sunburned. I have never seen more couples than when we were in Burges and I also have never seen more couple so public with their displays of affection, if you catch my drift....Also, people in Bruges bike everywhere!! The are tons and tons of bikes and people riding bikes and walking their bikes....after we had left Bruges and went to Amsterdam I was annoyed with the noise of cars and I missed the quieter streets of Bruges.
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