EuroTrip 2005

Brugge Belgium

I have been a bit lax with my posts of late, just been having a good time and meeting a ton of other people along the way. My first night in Brugge was really nice, I went to a pub and met a local couple. Griet is an artist and singer, very interesting and we talked all night. Unfortunately, there was a bad group of locals that came in toward the end of the night who are well known throughout that little town for drinking too much and creating havoc in the pubs they are in. Well, sure enough, it started so we left right away. It was a nice pub, just bad people who came in unfortunately. We made plans again to meet again on Thursday though.

I met some girls from the states, Vancouver and Australia and we ended up going out the next night. I also met a guy named Russ from Australia and we did some sightseeing on Thursday together. We went to see the "Veneration of the Blood of Christ", a church that holds the blood of christ and there is a ceremony where you go up and touch the bottle and say a prayer. Then we went to see one of the only Michelangelo's to leave Italy at a small church. Of course we indulged in some fine Belgium chocolate and then had some belgian waffles with chocolate syrup. The houses here are so quaint and cute, all in Gothic style.

All of us went out to a pub last night that served over 300 Belgium beers, so much fun. We all stayed up a little late and then since we were all going to Brussels, we rode the train together. Brussels is nice, I am going to do a bit of sightseeing today before I leave for Paris. I will stay in Paris for the rest of my trip with a friend I met there, and go to Mount St. Michel and Normandy Beaches. We'll also probably make a trip to Amsterdam. I am having a great time, can hardly believe this trip is almost over... I will talk to you all soon.

posted by Donna Weeden @ 2:01 AM