On Friday of our trip to Belgium, we visited the beautiful town of Bruges! We took the train from Brussels-Central station -- an easy hour trip. We arrived late morning, and enjoyed walking around the town. It's about a 15 minute walk to the city center from the train station, through cobblestone streets. We walked along a couple of the canals in town, and found a place to eat a quick lunch on a sidewalk cafe. Charlotte napped briefly in the stroller for the walk into town.
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| The central square in Bruges |
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| The Belgian flag |
We then took a boat tour through the city! It took about 30 minutes and was the best part of the day for me. Charlotte was initially crabby at having to sit still (again) after being released from the stroller, but I was able to distract her with pointing out other boats, bridges, flowers, birds, swans... anything I could find. She got totally into it and was yelling "Bridge!" excitedly every time we approached one, then "Bye bye bridge!" every time we would come out the other side. Her inability to say "R" yet made it sound a little different though... the other tourists seemed a little startled by the cursing toddler...
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| The amazing life of this dog, overlooking the canals of Bruges while napping! |
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| Swan and her babies |
After the boat tour, we went to sample some more Belgian beer!
Next, we headed to one of the churches in town (The Church of Our Lady) to see one of the few Michelangelo statues that is located outside of Italy. It's a beautiful Madonna & Child sculpture. It's behind glass, but you can view it from about 15 feet away. Lovely!
Before getting back on the train, we stopped in a park to let Charlotte stretch her legs a bit. She was pretty happy to do so :)
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