It was a tough call – we wanted to go to Ghent; Gravenstein Castle looked amazing and we hadn’t been to a proper Gothic castle yet. But there was a lot to do. There were parts of Bruges to see, and we wanted time to process/review photos/catch up on this…
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Day 6 ~ Biking in Bruges, the “City of Bikes”
Today, Wed 8/30, was another wonderful day in Bruges! We had another breakfast at our hotel. It had nearly the same offerings as the day before, but those offerings are so great that we were as pleased as before. This time, we sat and ate in the downstairs room, a…
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Day 5 ~ Bruges is Brougie
Our first full day in Bruges started with breakfast at the hotel. That doesn’t sound special, but we were stoked: Over breakfast, we idly chatted about what to do. Stef had fully planned on exploring Bruges; we had just gotten here, and there was already so much to see. To…
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Day 4 ~ A New Journey
Brussels did it again. We were going to grab a quick breakfast and hit the train station, but we started down one street and then another and then another, and before we knew it, we’d been exploring Brussels for hours. We started off by detouring to a cathedral only a…