Sunday, October 9, I took the train from Paris and came to Brugge/Bruges...This is my hotel, Hotel Ter Duinen. The hotel and the neighborhood were wonderful!
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My room.
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My view, a peaceful inside courtyard garden.
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The hotel as seen from the other side of the canal.
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I loved the reflections of the houses on the canals.
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the details on the homes captured my attention at every turn
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I loved how Bruges is built around canals
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I can see why it's called the Venice of the North.
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Residents ride their bicycle all over town...on cobblestone streets...such coordination!
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Just loved this red door.
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All of the brick homes are so striking.
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As I was strolling in one of the little streets, I saw this restaurant.
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For any of the Everybody Loves Raymond fans, I'm sure you'll know what this reminded me of.... :)
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Simply interesting...
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This architecture was a preview to what I would see in Amsterdam.
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The Burg
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As I walked into The Burg, there was musicians playing Vivaldi's Four Seasons, I stood there for a long time, just listening and taking in the beauty of the buildings around me.
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The details on the buildings.
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More and more details
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The Blinde Ezelstraat (Blind Donkey)...
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it reminded me of the Bridge of Sigh...
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I do LOVE all these gold details
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I noticed that many of the buildings had green glass windows...
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and more green glass...this IS the town for me.
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Church of Our Lady steeple
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The dock from where I started my canal cruise.
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Statue on one of the bridges.
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After my canal cruise, I bought dark Belgian chocolate and had my map, I was ready for more walking.
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I'd probably walk more at home if I had beautiful and interesting buildings like these to look at.
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and statues like these
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Everywhere I looked, there was something to look at in more details.
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From inside the Church of the Holy Blood.
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Votives inside the Church of the Holy Blood.
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I want to live here!
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The famous Market Sqaure that is on all the pictures, it lives up to expectations.
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I had lunch at La Taverne Brugeoise, it was sunny, the atmosphere was great, I was a happy girl!
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My 'mussels a la Brugeoise' and the rest of the meal was VERY good!
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More beautiful buildings.
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More reflections
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That's about the time I decided that I needed to win a HUGE lotto and buy a house here. :)
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I'll take this house!
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Swans are all over the canals. They say that the swans are to Bruges what the ravens are to the Tower of London.
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Not too far from my hotel.
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How to amuse yourself in your hotel room in the evening? Play with your camera...
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Monday, October 10, I walked all OVER Brugges and noticed more of these windows with the green glass.
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All these green windows...definitely the town for me!!
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A lot of interesting window displays
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This one was definitely interesting
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A building near the Beguinage.
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Bruges is known for its lace, here's a window with lace hangings.
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