Brugge Photo Post #2 - Brugge City

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Very pleasant day today aside from having to get up early. We went on a minibus tour of Brugge City Centre and then had the rest of the day to ourselves. We mostly shopped. I found a lovely gift shop that sold lots of nautical things (Brugge used to be a major trading city). I bought a Welcome Aboard sign for my door, a small wooden helm, a teddy bear in a Captain's uniform (already named Horatio) and a nautical journal complete with compass. I could have bought loads more but I didn't want to spend all my money at once. I did also buy a photo frame with an old map on it an a little model of a witch.We went on a canal boat tour which was lovely and we had lunch in a little street cafe. Brugge is a beautiful city and I took loads of photos



A windmill on the outskirts of the city


A small park


Bridge over the canal


There were loads of these doing city tours


Don't know what this is but I thought it was pretty


The canal


Me on a bridge


The pulpit inside one of the churches




The church organ


The town hall


The belfry


Don't know what this building is but it had a cool compass on it


The start of the canal tour


Look how low the bridges were. We only just fit under them


Another pretty bridge


1776


The church spire poking up between two buildings


There were lots of bridges


I loved the pretty colour of the leaves on this building


Cool tower


The belfry again


Loads of the buildings in Belgium had rooves this shape


Another church spire


And another. Lots of churches


I want to live here


That's the boat we went on


A mermaid for Lt. Gilette


The back entrance to the church


Those who have seen Bill Bailey's Bewilderness tour will understand the significance of Brugge, Bridges and the Post Office


The Mayflower restaurant


Our hotel


The dining room


Our bedroom


My helm


Welcome Aboard sign


Nautical Journal


Photo frame


Horatio the Bear