We arrived at Brussel airport at 8.15 and caught the train to Bruxelles Nord. From there we caught the train to Brugge. It took 1 hour 25 minutes to get to Brugge by train. Its not a Thalys or Euro rail trains but it was still smoother than the Italian regional trains.
It was raining in Brugge, so we decided to catch the taxi to the accommodation, it was meant to be 1.3km away from Brugge station but after a long sleepless night and rain we decided to preserve our energy. I hardly slept in Italy, the Gaviratians or maybe Italians in general dont have their dinner until after 9pm. So they tend to stay up late and party until after midnight.
The taxi ride was a short one and only cost us €7. Our hosts greeted us at the door. Very lovely couple! Oh and did I mention, mostly everyone here speaks English!
We are staying at one of the bed and breakfast in Brugge, the house is beautiful. The bedroom is nicer than some hotels in Australia that would charge over $200 a night! Love it!
I was famished by that stage so we left for food and found this French restaurant called Le Bistro BonVivant. I ordered a French bread w mushroom for starter and a lasagne for main. Mike of course ordered his first beer in Brugge and had a mix grill for main. The french bread and mushroom is served on a plate filled w melted herb butter and it was most divine!! My lasagne tasted better than the ones Mike had in Italy. You see how Im falling for Brugge already?
On the way back, we walked along the steenstraat and noordzandstraart as the markets are on. I went to 3 different chocolatiers and bought three boxes of chocolates. We headed to a tea room called Laurent and tasted the waffle and pancakes, they were beautiful!
We headed home after a long day of shopping and called it an early night. Hoping tomorrow's weather would shine for us.
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