Apparently bikes are pretty popular here
Brugge, Belgum. I think we had a 500 piece puzzle with this quaint scene on it growing up...
The main building in the Begijnhof
Begijnhof Square
1) Picture of a well OR 2) Evocative image reminding us all of a simpler bucolic way of life linked more closely to the outdoors, earth, and God for sustenance? You decide.
Swan floating on grass
mmmmm
The main square in Brugge
Classy
Ordinary lamp - extraordinary shadow
Gilded Crest
This guy's not very photogenic
Ah, Brugge
Us staying warm
Clogs of the World
A famous bridge and church in the city
Staring up at Architecture
Staring up at Architecture: movement 2
So we were walking down this charming and quiet back street when we heard music blaring and lots of people clapping around the corner. As we turned onto the main street we heard Brian Adams "Summer of 69" blasting out of the most random tracker-pulled 'floats (?)' ever with people dressed up in costumes for an indiscernible reason.
We had no idea what was happening (maybe some "welcome summer" party--but in February?), but with Brian Adams tractor parades...Brugge had lost just a little bit of magic.
Being a beer merchant wasn't all fun and games
18x zoom?
Reflections: part 1
Reflections: part 2
What is clarity?
Underwater Forrest
Town Hall: the impressive center to Brussels' Grand-Place square
Grand-Place square at night
Grand-Place@night.com
Us in this cool booth overlooking the square
Mmm...Belgium
Chimay was one of our favorites
Pointing to the moon
This was my photographic discovery of the trip: usually long exposure shots just mean we're silhouetted but with a flash at the end of the exposure you can get us and the scene exposed just right. It sort of looks like someone just cut us out and glued us to a postcard but believe me, we were there.
Brussels Crazy
Here's the famous beer caddy
This crazy building was right next to our hotel and a colorful animated beacon home.
Blank
colored in
Sunday morning and the fine art of espresso
Brussels Cathedral
Charming
Monuments from our walk around town
This really nice city garden in the arts neighborhood
Nick with a pointy hat
Another arch of triumph (a must-have for any European city of significance)
The (lame) EU quarter which takes up like 20% of the city with EU government buildings
Victor Horta's house and a great example of Art Nouveau architecture
Victor Horta Museum
The sign says it all: Museum of Fantastic Art. How could we not go in?
The guildhouses in daylight: one last stop in the Grand-Place
Town hall
A last chocolate waffle for the train ride back
