Europe 2011: Brugge

Zoya always said that Brugge was the best city we visited while in Europe.  This may be because of all the ice cream we ate there and also because it is a cool name. So we took the train from Paris to Brussels and then caught the train from Brussels to Brugge, a UNESCO world heritage city.  Brussels was quite depressing (at least the area around the station), so we were glad we didn’t stay there for a night.  While killing time we did find a middle eastern tea shoppe that was terrific.  It was a big smoky old room and they served the best mint tea I’ve ever had.

We stayed at an updated bed and breakfast about 10 minutes from the central square in Brugge.  We enjoyed wandering around the canals and exploring some of the squares.  And of course we found a playground for Zoya and, as mentioned earlier, we ate a lot of ice cream.  We didn’t see a lot of the sun and sometimes it was downright cold.

Paris train station

Tea Room in Brussels

 

We are not so good at travelling light; ask Verena what she has in that knapsack sometime

 

Brugge B&B

 

Picnic

 

Canal

 

Alley

 

Market Square

 

Another view of square

 

House front

 

Canal garden

 

We drag her around the town and she gets to have ice cream; win-win

We drag her around the town and she gets to have ice cream; win-win

 

Brugge playground

Brugge playground

Vacation Update: BC

Shortly after we came back from Mexico we were off to BC for a vacation with Verena’s family.  We drove down to Osoyoos and did some great camping.  It was hot, sometime getting above 40 degrees, but it was dry.

We did some swimming, ate some ‘smores, and enjoyed some good camping food.

Zoya had a great time playing with her cousins and getting attention from her aunts, uncles and oma and opa.

BC Collage

BC Collage 2

*Edit: Adding pic of Kelly:

Pic of Kelly

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