Easter in Brugge

Our first trip to the city of Brugge was great and only makes me want to go back. When you enter the Grand Place the first thing you notice is the Belfry. It is 83 meters high and dates back to the 13th century. You have to climb 366 stairs to get to the top of it, which weh just were not up to that day with the stroller and all. The victory bell of 1680 is there and weighs 6,000 kgs and measures 2 meters across, but there are 57 bell in all. Next we went down to the flea market to check out the antiques. I got a really cool old bronze and wooden pitcher. The pic shows how the tables were laid out. You just kinda have to dig for treasures, but they are there for the finding. Some refer to Burgge as the Venice of the north because there are canals running through it. One leads all of the way out to the coast and they were used for delivery. We all enjoyed taking a boat ride and being given a guided tour. Our poor tour guide had to say everything 3 times. Once in french, german and english; but it was very interesting. The pic of me and the boys is taken in front of part of the Church of Our Lady, which I will blog about later. At the end of the day we took the kids to a carnival that they were having in the Grand Place. The rode a couple of rides and loved it so much that Logie threw a truly impressive fit when we loaded up to go home. Fortunately he was pretty easily bought off with some very good dark chocolate ice cream!!!