I went on my first day trip to Bruges, Belgium with a few of the girls from our Mizzou group this weekend. The town is called the "Venice of Belgium" because the entire city is surrounded by canals. We took a canal tour, visited the Basilica (where an apparant vessel of Jesus' blood is held) and The Church of our Lady, and shopped at the various markets. Here are a few of the pics from our trip:
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| Me and Melanie |
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| Rose Garden from the canal |
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| Someone's tired... |
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| Me and mel stopped at the cutest wine bar for dinner. Wijn Est: http://www.wijnbarest.be/ |
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| This was, hands down, the best cheese I've ever tasted. |
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| Front of Sanctuary in the Basilica |
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| The Vessel of Jesus' blood |
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| Church of our Lady |
We got back to Brussels around 9:00 p.m. and were pretty wiped. Overall, I thought the city itself was much cleaner and had a definant "fairytale" feel to it compared to Brussels, but the service was much less patient and rude with those who did not speak fluent dutch.
This week will be pretty hectic because I start my history class on Tuesday and Thursday evenings so I literally go from working a 9-hour day straight to class for 2 hours so it's going to be exhausting! I will keep you updated as soon as I can find time. Je vous aime tous!
I do get the fairytale vibe from it :-) It's so pretty!
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