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After a hotel brekky, I met mum and dad at the station and we headed of to Bruges. I've seen "in Bruges" and thought it was a brilliant movie and couldn't wait to see the real place. We arrived are morning and started wandering from the train station towards the centre of town.
Along the way we found a nice cafe and had some of the best waffles of my life so far. In the town square I the huge belfry seen throughout the movie. After a wander around town I climbed to the top of the belfry while mum and dad got started on lunch. All the way up there are graffiti quotes from Colin Farrell in the movie. Very funny stuff.
The view from the top was ok but upgrades to the bells are still ongoing which limited the view to about one third of a full circle. Still well worth the climb.
After a nice but expensive lunch at a tourist trap restaurant we went for another wander and caught a half hour boat ride through the canals which was great.
We then headed for the station and went home. After a short rest we met back at the station and found a bar that mum thought was a restaurant. Everything we tried I order beyond drinks was refused so we finished our Belgian beers and left, only to find a delicious Vietnamese restaurant down the road where we had curry, spring rolls, red wine and more beer.
I walked home in the rain after a good day.
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