Saturday, September 17, 2005

Apologies to the jeans

Sorry we've been negligent in posting.

Sarah and I took our first overnight trip to Brugge Belgium. It was incredible. Belgians specialize in Beer, Chocolate, and "french" fries (actually invented in Belgium). Suzy thought she died and found heaven. Her jeans aren't quite so thrilled. They're a little tight after pigging out all weekend. One bar we went to had over 300 different beers! Another we went to had been open since the 1500's. Chocolate shops were amazing too. Green tea flavored dark chocolate was the most interesting. Chocolate covered ginger was a hit.
Brugge itself is very beautiful. Canals everywhere, lined with cute 18th century row houses. It was immaculate, a waitress told us her friend was fined 150 euros on the spot for not cleaning up after her dog. The policeman actually walked with her to the ATM to pull out the $$ for the fine. Wish Paris had that law. We took plenty of beautiful pictures, you know you are in a nice spot when the heavy duty photographers with their hulking medium format cameras and plethora of lenses are walking around. It was especially nice at night, several castles were lit up, and the canals were still enough to catch good reflections.