Thursday, June 18, 2009

Day 22 - Brugge, Belgium







We went to Brugge today.  It was a little over 2 hours on the trains.  We didn't have much time but it was worth it.  Brugge is a very beautiful, charming city.  One of our tour books refer it as a "little Venice".  For lunch the kids had Belgium waffles while we drank the Belgium beer.  Afterwards, we took a horse & carriage tour.  We all enjoyed it because it showed us all of the historical sites.  Jackson thought the horse smelled too much.  We spent a long time at the chocolate museum, Choco Story.  The kids learned the entire process of making chocolate from cocoa beans.  At the end, there was a demonstration & tasting.  The most amazing thing at the museum was a solid chocolate statue of President Obama.  Afterwards we did some shopping.  There wasn't much time.  We had dinner on the train; it was a Thalys train.

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