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I havent been checking my travbuddy!!so i need to update it a bit!My future plans are: Barcelona! Italy again, Monaco...and maybe thailand fo nov?????????????/ Recent trips..the netherlands..belgium..france! and a bot of tour around the Uk!

After we had made connections from Lille, France Kortrijk and Hazebrouke, Belguim, we arrived late into Brugge. We had called a hotel to see if we could get accommodations, but never could find the place. So we went to a bar instead. Neither of us could remember the name of the place, but we will never forget its "Happiest" customer. Arturo was a gentleman we met who was singing and relished to tell us stories of all kinds. Needless to say Arturo was a little "tipsy", but kept singing and&nbs...

While looking at a map while planning our backpacking trip (only about 2 months before), I noticed that Belgium was conveniently located between France and Amsterdam. Also, the Eurail pass groups it into "one country" (Eurail users will understand this) along with Amsterdam and Luxembourg. As I was already passing through Belgium to go from Paris to Amsterdam (one cannot forget to go to Amsterdam) and probably passing through it again to take some cheap flight from Paris or Brussels to go to ...

As I wrote in my previous blog entry we spend a week in Antwerp, but in between we went one day and one night to Brugge. Brugge is known especially for "kant"  (lace), but also for it's ancient city heart, with the old houses, it's canals and bridges and it is a wonderful city where even when it is busy with tourists you feel at ease, at home. It is almost a must to make a stop over here if oyu have enough time when you are visiting Belgium for the first time. For me and Marc it not onl...

So my point of entry was Amsterdam, and from there directly to Mieke's in Belgium. The one night in Japan was awesome, and the lack of sleep on the flight great. Finally i arrived.

We were finally ready to leave Taunton at 8pm, Bertie was loaded up to the gunnels and we were both feeling rather anxious about the long drive to Dover....4 boring hours of driving before we could even get on the ferry to ther continent!  Yawn.  Anyhow, the journey passed without event, the highlight was seeing Stonehenge after dusk surrounded by mist - as if it wasn't spooky enough! So, we got to Dover and checked in for the 2.10am crossing. The ferry was fully of h...

au fil des années...

After coming from big cities like London and Paris, it was nice to set my feet in a small town. Its nice to just stroll around and not have to take a tube or anything. The buildings here had so much character and were really charming actually. We walked around a bit after arriving and then went to a cafe for lunch. It was my first taste of french fries and mayo, a concept I didn't understand much coming from Canada.... then again, we have fattening poutines here! After it started raining a bi...

My second visit to the city of Brugge, and it is definately one of my favorite places i've been in Europe, and in the world for that matter.  The city and its waterways are beautiful.  The people are highly multilingual, sincere, and friendly.  Now, I have a reason to return.  On the sides of one of the canals, I asked Maja to marry me.  We spent the afternoon walking the town and shopping.  Eventually I started a tour of the canals.. and when the moment was righ...