Thursday 26 November 2009

In Bruges

We're in Bruges.

I just lost half of this post because Internet Explorer is an utterly useless browser, full of holes, spyware and absolutely idiotic programming. I should be editing this in Firefox like I normally do but I don't have the time now...

I'll briefly recap -

We're having a good time, although it's stressful vacationing with an almost 16 month old toddler. He slept on the Eurostar all the way through France and into Belgium, was tolerably good on the train from Brussels to Bruges via Ghent, and has been regarding everything here with a mixture of wonder and suspicion. Bruges isn't as child-friendly as our area of London. Most of the tourists here seem to be on the older side. So it's been a lot of work to make things go smoothly.

Yesterday we went to the Basilica of the Holy Blood. It has a relic which includes some of the blood of Christ, and is very old and beautiful - completed in 1149 and rebuilt in the 19th century.



That afternoon (after a certain someone's nap) we went to the Chocolate Museum.


And that's all for now. I've got plenty more pictures and an update of what we did today, including a description of The. Best. Hot. Chocolate. Ever.

But I refuse to post, ever again, using IE. So that probably means I'll be back in London before I post again. See you all later and have a good Thanksgiving.

1 comment:

SSP said...

lovely times!! loved the chocolate museum. If you go back to Brussels be sure to check at the Mannequin Piss...I'd love to know what little costume they have him dressed up in these days :-)