From Amsterdam to Brugge via train

We were able to make it out of Amsterdam.  We woke up around 8:00 AM and took the train to Antwerpen and then from there, Brugge.

Some funny bits about this was that our ticket to Brugge and our Passports were not checked.  The border between the Netherlands and Belgium seems very porous.

It took about 4 hours of traveling to make it to our final destination.  I'm sure we could have done better had we been more experienced on hopping trains at the Border Station in Rosendahl, but all things considered I think we did well enough.

Brugge is definitely a tourist town.  It's beautiful and no matter where you look you'll find something scenic.  It's packed with tourists however and I'm pretty sure we didn't see one local the whole time we were there.   The only way to describe it is that the streets were overflowing with camera wielding tourists (like myself).

I was on a mission for good beer and tasty chocolates.  I wasn't disappointed.

Even with the tourist overload, this is a place I want to come back and visit when I have more time.  There is just so much nice scenery and I would like to see how this place handles their night life.   I wonder, if it's subdued and more of a pub scene or if it goes nuts until the break of dawn the next day?  I doubt the later, but I am curious about this place.

The open air market was also an enigma.  I really couldn't see myself getting all caught up in all the old trinkets.  I wonder where all of this stuff comes from?