Location: Brugges, Belgium

So for the President's Day weekend I took off and went to Brugges. Originally it was supposed to be Berlin, but Brugges is closer and therefore appealed more to me. :)

So Brugges, what can I say about it? It was an amazing weekend!

Brugges is the only city in Europe that has been completely preserved from the middle Ages. It still has it's complete city wall, and even a moat. Yes, it has a moat.

So we stayed at a B&B about 400 meters from the city and it was really nice actually. So it was cold the first day. I felt so bad because we got out there and about 20 mins into it I was running from the shaddows just trying to find the sun. I think I was a little difficult the first day and I felt bad. But anyhow. So we went to this big tower looking thing, yest that's how we referred to it, because the people who wanted to go called it that.

So much like all other towers in Europe you can climb to the top, but of course for a price haha. Sorry, so up we went and went... and went. But it's not as far up as the Cologne Cathedral. About 3/4 of the way up is a big ole wheel like thing. It's much like you would find in a music box.

So all it is; is the part of the clock on the tower that plays music at the top of every hour. Crazy big, but it's cool to see it go round. Takes an hour just to wind itself up but then it plays for about 5 mins. Then an hour to wind up and then it goes off again. Crazy, but it's cool. So of course I have pictures from the top.

Hmm, so where did we go next? Oh yeah, headed off to the Chocolate Factory; Yes, they have one in Brugges. Brugges is actually one of the biggest producers of chocolate in the world. Crazy huh? But what's cool is on our way to the chocolate factory on the side of the road was parked this...

Dudes, that's an Aston Martin! Ok, so I wouldn't have noticed it if someone hadn't pointed it out to me, but I've never seen one in person... Have you?

So the Chocolate Factory is pretty nice. Free samples as you walk in, and then all sorts of good information throughout the factory. Pretty neat.

After the Factory we took off down to the Lach. It's the lake in the city. Got a ton of Swans and Geese in it. They are not fun! Evil creatures actually. Truly dislike them. Grr to the evil fowels. Ok, sorry.

So that was the Lach. We walked around the town, mind you it isn't that big; so it took us all of 20 mins to walk from one end of the city to the other. We get to the other end of the city and lo-and-behold, another gate. Remember, this is the only city in Europe preserved entirely from the midevial ages.

As we walked along the outskirts of town, we ran into a bunch of windmills. Some of the people I went with think that windmills are soothing. What do you think?

So after walking through the nice park we ran into this building... It's a nunnery, or do they call them convents? I don't know. But it's cool.

The afternoon was nice, just walking around, it really is a nice city. But the weekend spent there was amazing!

The next day it was much of the same, wake up, walk around, see things, eat delicious food, all well worth it. I found a really nice place to stand on top of to get some good aerial shots of the city. Check them out.

That pretty much ends the weekend of Brugges. It was good, and luckily we had good weather for most of it. Definitely on the must sees for people visiting the Western Europe area.

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