Let the massive photo dumps begin! George took us to Bruges. From their place in Woluwe, we took the tram and metro (taking a detour to see a little more of Brussels), and then the train. Once in Bruges we walked A LOT (almost 9 miles), ate Belgian things, went in St. Salvatore’s Cathedral, and took a boat tour of the canal. I couldn’t tell you what all the places in these photos were – just enjoyed the pretty!
It’s an incredibly beautiful city – some of the buildings date back to the 12th century. Lots of tourists, but not too bad (though I hear it’s better to avoid weekends).
Yes, the best representatives for Gender Equality would be the creatures who have only one female…Bike parking at the Ghent station. This was only part of it!The train journey was slightly chaotic! These two amazing teachers managed to wrangle all the kids though.NOW we’re in Bruges! Walking from the train station…For lunch we killed two birds with one stone…and ate them. Frites topped with Flemish stew! It was tasty.Giant meringues!Here is the quaintest McDonald’s ever, being swarmed by teen tourists.First waffle in Belgium. It was good, but I’m going to have to eat more to truly judge!Our boat tour guide Sarah counting everyone on board to make sure she returned with the same number of people. She was an awesome guide!So many swans!Swans with babies!!This is the back of the Van Eyck statue…Now we’re off the boat, and went to go visit the statue.Bruges is famous for lace-making. Some swan lace in the window of this cute house.Papageno!Now we’re almost home…this is down the block from George’s house!
