Tuesday 30th September
Docked at Zebrugges a busy port especially for car transportation. Beautiful curve of beach on the other side of the port which is very popular in the summer they say.
Lovely drive to the medieval town of Bruges- what a stunner. Gorgeous houses hugging canals with overhanging trees and low bridges. Autumn colours just appearing made for very beautiful panoramas and reflections as we floated around the canals hearing about history, houses and business. We listened to the 47 carrillion bells in the Belfry Tower, admired its very tall tower – 366 steps to the top, and again enjoyed great old architecture. Even saw Felix the dog made famous in the movie and the lovely old wooden hotel also of the movie.
Enjoyed a Belgian waffle and of course bought the obligatory hand made chocolates at the most expensive place in town I think. Admired the lace and some beautiful wooden toys. And by the way ‘french’ fries came from Belgium not France (they say!)
