This was the hotel we drove around for literally 2 hours trying to find. (Gabby told us it existed)
Okay, these are some pictures of the facilities because I love the use of accent lighting in this hotel room. :-D And the cool sink...
The jacuzzi tub with awful water pressure.
The floating toilet... it didn't touch the floor...
I took a break from repacking my suitcase for the 80th time to take some pictures of myself in the mirror... I had it down to 15 minutes to pack so that *everything* would fit in a medium suitcase by the end of the trip!
I told you it had awesome lighting!
When we got to the hotel, we were starving. We went to the hotel's bar and ordered the only three dishes they had left-- Macaroni, grilled cheese, and a ham sandwhich. Each ridiculously expensive. (like, the price of a cute belt expensive)
So earlier in the day as we were driving from Amsterdam back to Paris, we stopped in Brugge, Beligium. Had to wait for the draw bridge to lower before we could get inside the town! 
I LOVED walking around Brugge! It's even providential that I'm learning about that time period in school right now... This little dipiction cracked me up. :-D
So did this. :-D Grand Jean and I *LOVED* shopping in all of the cute shops in town. There were seriously 20 different lace and chocolate shops on the *one* street we walked down. So fun!
Take a hard look at the top window of this lace shop...
:-D
The church in the town square.
Believe it or not, that IS NOT Grand Dude! It was some other guy wearing the same jacket with the same *ahem* balding spots, but it wasn't him! :-P
This was inside the tallest brick church in Europe. Here's what Brugge.be says about it:The Onthaalkerk O.L.V., with its 122-metre brick steeple, dominates the skyline
of the city. It is quite literally the ‘high spot’ of the stonemason’s art in
medieval Bruges. The church also plays host to a rich collection of art
treasures, of which the crowning glory is defi nitely the beautiful ‘Madonna and
Child’ by Michelangelo. The choir aisle is also a treasure trove of exceptional
pieces: paintings and exquisite woodcarving, the 16th-century ceremonial tombs
of Maria of Burgundy and Charles the Bold, as well as other painted tombs from
the 13th and 14th centuries, etc.
It was so pretty.
Yes! I ate a Belgium waffle in Belgium. :-D
I also ate a delicious quiche. (when I was 4, spinach quiche was my favorite food. :-D)
That's the tallest brick steeple in Europe.
Do you notice something? There is *no* litter!
That was the building in an ally way!
Quaint. *sigh*
Ignore the silly girl in the middle and look at the willow behind her. Isn't it pretty draping in the water like that?
In the courtyard of the church.
The little ally in which we parked.
After dropping Aunt Jill and Jon off at the airport, I got to try my hand at driving a stick shift in Europe. I won't tell you of my success. That was Wednesday of our trip-- hopefully more to come soon, as I'm trying to finish up this l-o-n-g drawn out series before I get back to posting the exciting stuff we're going to do in 2 weeks! :-D
1 comment:
Awesome, now this is classic Europe. Dark, charred-brick, towering, buildings that make you cringe. You could just feel the Inquisition there I bet. Mentally, that is. Had to clarify that.
I had no idea that was the tallest brick church in Europe because I knew nothing of this town, building or floating "privy". Ahem... Great picturea and thrilled that you got some intereior shots.
How can I ignore the silly girl in the middle when I'm specifically told to. That is like saying, "Don't look at the floating latrine right in the middle of the picture there. I want to point it out so you don't see it!" And she is demanding attention. Look At Me! I'm one of 225 self portraits!!! Yay! :)
Plus, I can't see the willow well because the lens is focused on you. (Really?? No way!)
You are wishing that you would have said, "Look at the silly girl in the middle and then look at the pretty, droopy, willow in the backround." See, now we have our priorities straight and out in the open.
You know I'm laughing right now. Just being facetious... nothing serious.
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