Brugge

Michelle's birthday happened again this weekend! Not her actual birthday, but rather her present, as we've become prone to giving each other our presents months after the actual day. This year, it was a trip to Brugge (Bruges) Belgium. For those who haven't been there, it is an amazing town. I'll offer a few descriptions, but mostly words won't do it justice, so I'll post plenty of photos as well :)

We stayed at the bed and breakfast of Maria. She is a local woman, who moved to Italy for 25 years with her husband, and after his death, decided to return to her home town. She is great, and regularly switches between 5 or so different languages on accident while speaking.

We checked out the many sites around the town, and went on some tours. There was the choco-story museum, where we learned about the history of chocolate...

There was our boat ride...


There was also a brewery tour, where they brew the Brugse Zot or the Lunatic of Bruges beer.

And we also climbed up 366 stairs to the top of the town hall's belfry to check out all the sights... really an amazing weekend.

Oh, and we went twice to this restaurant that served 400 Belgian beers... what's crazy is that there are actually over 700 actively brewed beers in Belgium... not bad for a country about the size of South Carolina. :)