Brugge / Brugse / Bruges
There is nearly as many ways to spell Brugge as there are beers in Belgium.... well not really because there are over 400 different beers in Belgium!! If only I had the time to try them all! Had a crack last night but failed dismally! Put away 6 different types... and can i say - watch out for "Bush" it is like 12% - OMG!! Maybe the bottle of wine with dinner didn't help the case either... The local beer Brugse Triple is an amber clocking in at 8.5%, that was really nice. But the award for "Something completely different" goes to Kriek - cherry beer, not too sweet and goes down really well.
Brugge is the most spectacular little city I have stumbled upon so far!! Like all of Belgium it is very green, but Brugge has soooo much character - and a whole lot of canals too!! Apparently they call Brugge "The Venice of the North". Easy to see why when it's so gorgeous... and expensive too!! Just like Venice!! Had Mussels for dinner last night (apparently a must in Brugge) and they were gorgeous!! But hellishly expensive!! (€16 or something i think).
Just walked around yesterday and saw the sights, before retiring to the hostel for beers and pool with Tim, this local guy (from Antwerp) who is riding his bike around the country. This morning I went and did a tour of a local brewery (The Half Moon), which is the only remaining privately owned brewery in Brugge... and they have just started making a new beer called Brugse Zot (Zot is Flemish for "crazy"). After the tour I hired a bike and just went for a ride along the canals out of Brugge, through Damme (this tiny town with a tower that you get a great view from) and on and on and on.... I had no map and no idea where I was going.... reckon I rode about 30-40kms on this weird ass bike, just through the Belgian countryside... it was magic!!!
Heading back to the hostel for dinner and a few more beers now, then tomorrow it is off to Antwerp and then Amsterdam!!
Brugge is the most spectacular little city I have stumbled upon so far!! Like all of Belgium it is very green, but Brugge has soooo much character - and a whole lot of canals too!! Apparently they call Brugge "The Venice of the North". Easy to see why when it's so gorgeous... and expensive too!! Just like Venice!! Had Mussels for dinner last night (apparently a must in Brugge) and they were gorgeous!! But hellishly expensive!! (€16 or something i think).
Just walked around yesterday and saw the sights, before retiring to the hostel for beers and pool with Tim, this local guy (from Antwerp) who is riding his bike around the country. This morning I went and did a tour of a local brewery (The Half Moon), which is the only remaining privately owned brewery in Brugge... and they have just started making a new beer called Brugse Zot (Zot is Flemish for "crazy"). After the tour I hired a bike and just went for a ride along the canals out of Brugge, through Damme (this tiny town with a tower that you get a great view from) and on and on and on.... I had no map and no idea where I was going.... reckon I rode about 30-40kms on this weird ass bike, just through the Belgian countryside... it was magic!!!
Heading back to the hostel for dinner and a few more beers now, then tomorrow it is off to Antwerp and then Amsterdam!!
posted by Yoda at 03:04
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