Chocolate, Waffles, Fries & Beer. 12th-14th August

Yes! That’s right, we are still in Belgium but have moved onto the tourist town of Brugges. Here we did all things Belgian as you can see from our title! There was not too much to see in Brugges so we were glad that it was only a two day stop. But it was such a pretty little place (even though it did rain on and off the whole time). On our first night we went out on a walking tour of the city, which turned into a hike really as the guide I don’t think really wanted to be doing it. However, he was entertaining and gave us lots of interesting facts about Brugges’s history. For example, all of the houses/buildings have brick fronts where you cannot see the roof behind it. Why? Well, back in the day when they were making them, brick was super expensive so people build their houses out of wood and then just put the brick in the front to give the illusion that they were well off!!

Our hostel was pretty old but it did the trick….even if we had to walk through a 10 bed dorm to get to our little 4 bed dorm! On our second night there, a group of people were staying in the bigger dorm and had been out sampling the delicious Belgian beer I’m sure, and at 3am thought it would be cool to let off the fire extinguisher in their room. I heard all the ruckus but was too tired to get up and see what had happened. Glad I didn’t, that whole room was covered in pink dust as was all their belongings and the beds. Super glad we didn’t choose to be skimpy on that hostel and chose the 4 bed dorm!!
Sampled 2 more beers here. One being the Brugge beer (cannot remember the name) and the beer in the picture of me is called a Qwak, as it’s supposed to make a quaking sound as you drink it…I didn’t hear the quack and was pretty drunk after one due to it being 8%!! And yes Tom, I took an hour to drink it just like you told me to!!

We also climbed to the highest point in all of Brugge. There is a windmill on it which I also climbed, but can you beileve the size of this hill...it's a slope people, not a hill! haha

We also visited this cafe/restaurant called Choc Bar which as it's name states is a bar full of chocolate. Here we had hot chocolates that were just heavanly and then we decided to try their signature dish which was a beef stew cooked in Leffe beer and chocolate. I have never tasted anything like it before...it was delicious!!

We really like Belgium, the people were friendly, the food tasty and the beer cold. What more do you need!