Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Bustling around Bruges

Our next adventure afforded young Timothy a cute new stamp in his new wee passport. We were off to Beligum, Bruges where chocci and beer frolic and play. We were to discover the wonders of both plus diamonds and lace. It was an amazing place, the first day there we came across these two ladies singing opera in the square.


We arrived by train which is a much more agreeable form of travel for the boy, he can have lots of cuddles and snacks. (just what he loves) We had three days here and wnet out both nights where there was beer, dessert and much merriant. We had huge kwaks. I could only sip at mine since I am still feeding the boy. Mum fininshed almost all hers and Ben had to finish everybody elses so he was very pleased with himself. For dinner I had mussles of course, so fresh and so was the beer, no comparised can be done! Ben tried flemish rabbit and mum had fish. The dessert was even better but I will let the pic speak for me.



Here we are watching diamonds betwwening polished, he was a very funnny fellow, lots of jokes. We learnt about different qualities of diamonds, size, cut and finishings. All very interesting though of course the history and some of the present don't have a very nice background, with slave mines etc.



Lets not forget the super tasty lolly shops... and of course the chocolate making which we watched at the chocolate musuem.


Here I am enjoying a fresh waffle with icecream and chocolate sauce, are you not very jealous :p




We went on a lovely boat ride around the cannals of the city. It was very beautiful and guide was amazing, he delievered the talk in no less then four languages!



We discovered more wonderful hand made toys of which we got Timothy a dragon that he can pull along with a string, very cute. We also discovered this wonderful Christmas shop, I of course went mad in.


So after buying lots of decoration, choccies and Christmas gifts at the markets we set about going home again. All fun was had and we are encourage by how good Timothy was that we will definitely be back on the trains to somewhere soon. Mind you, you couldn't get a better baby than our lovely little man. bye for now........

*remember you can click on pics for better view.

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