Bruges

  • belgium in pictures: waffles, beer and tintin

    we split our 1 week in belgium across brussels and bruges. did a bike ride daytrip across the imaginary border to the netherlands in the town of sluis and another daytrip to the herge museum since i’ve been a tintin…

  • our homes away from home: the europe edition

    and as a follow-up to the asia accomodation recap, here is our recap from our european airbnb and hotels: barcelona: cost/night/person (in cad): $45 the thing that rocked: nothing.  we couldn’t wait to get out of there. the thing that…

  • biking from belgium to the netherlands in a day

    our last full day in bruges was actually not spent ‘in’ bruges.  we heard that the town of damme is very close to the city and that the bike paths are a really easy bike ride away so we went…

  • bruges after dark

    bruges is such a fantasy-like town that as good looking as it is during the day, it’s even better looking at night.  the canals and towers are lit up and if you’re lucky, you’ll still catch some swans swimming around. …

  • sightseeing in bruges

    bruges, in a nutshell, is one big theme park.  it is an absolutely beautiful city that has history dating back to the 9th century when it was founded by vikings.  over the next 500 years the city grew thanks to…

  • dieting in belgium: waffles, chocolates and fries

    what brought us to belgium?  well for starters, the food… i thought i knew so much about junk food but my years of eating like crap taught me nothing. waffles – maybe the most famously linked food to the belgians…

  • weekly recap #26 – brussels, burges & lille

    I q. current home/addy where i stayed (neighbourhood) and how long a. brussels (sablon, airbnb, 2 nights), bruges (markt, hotel, 3 nights), lille (vieux-lille, airbnb, 3 nights) q. favourite meal a. ‘one restaurant’ in bruges.  the owner recommended the flemish…

  • first 24 hours in bruges (belgium)

    jojo: what do i like? -insert ‘gorgeous city description and ramble on about how the architecture is so nice’ -but seriously, this is one old city.  the belfry tower in the center of the city is rougly 800 years old…