One day wandering around Bruges, Belgium through my eyes...
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Quite possibly one of the most beautiful cities I have been in. |
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Canals and narrow streets wander every direction. |
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It rains a lot. |
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They carry just about everything at the Christmas markets. |
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Including hot dogs. |
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Convent |
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Coffee is awesome when the time changes 9 hours. |
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Belgium frites are good! As are potato croquettes. |
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Moules = muscles and they are eaten with fries. I skipped the moules. |
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No lie - I think there are at least 150 chocolate shops in this town! |
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Good chocolate - nothing like horrible Hershey stuff. |
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Green! |
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Everything about this town makes me happy. |
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Weird trees. |
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Awesome windows. |
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We randomly ended up in a Flemish library where the average age was 70+. |
France is next...