John Little
08-Jul-11, 19:23
I loved the film - but this is not about the film. My wife went there years ago and always said that she wanted to take me there. So since I retired last week, off we went to Bruges.
If you don't know it then I would recommend a visit - I certainly intend to return. It reminds me very strongly indeed of Venice except it has traffic. Very old, feels very safe; friendly, mediaeval, and just a great place to visit. Museums, galleries, lace, chocolate, superb beer, chips, traditional cooking and your attention engaged all the time.
For me the best thing was hiring a couple of bikes for the day and cycling out into the surrounding countryside and down to Zeebrugge. Cycling is so easy with cycle paths everywhere and bikes have priority over cars.
Next time we are going to take ferry to Zeebrugge or Ostend and cycle to Ypres and down to the Somme and Verdun. There's an expedition planned.
It was a grand wee break - and if you've never been then I think you'd love it if you ever got or made the chance to go.
And these folk run a good hotel-
http://www.bryghiahotel.be/
If you don't know it then I would recommend a visit - I certainly intend to return. It reminds me very strongly indeed of Venice except it has traffic. Very old, feels very safe; friendly, mediaeval, and just a great place to visit. Museums, galleries, lace, chocolate, superb beer, chips, traditional cooking and your attention engaged all the time.
For me the best thing was hiring a couple of bikes for the day and cycling out into the surrounding countryside and down to Zeebrugge. Cycling is so easy with cycle paths everywhere and bikes have priority over cars.
Next time we are going to take ferry to Zeebrugge or Ostend and cycle to Ypres and down to the Somme and Verdun. There's an expedition planned.
It was a grand wee break - and if you've never been then I think you'd love it if you ever got or made the chance to go.
And these folk run a good hotel-
http://www.bryghiahotel.be/