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- Our first view of the old center of Bruges was looking across a canal with many of swans.
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- Peter and Megan walking into Begijnenhuisje. Like in Amsterdam, Bruges also has a community just for religious women but not as isolated as a convent.
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- One of the beautiful spires in Bruges peaks over closer rooflines.
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- Many buildings have entrances on/off the canal like this one. Some also used wall ties to display the year they were constructed, 1608 for this building.
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- Peter and Megan walking down one of the old narrow lanes.
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- City Hall is an impressive building off a square in Bruges.
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- Busy street in Bruges. The 120,000 residents deal with over 3 million tourists each year.
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- Some of the 47 bells that make up the carillon in the Belfort. Note all the wires that allow the bells to be played by a central keyboard.
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- Carillon in the Belfort. See how the clapper has been pulled to the side and each bell has a couple of exterior hammers.
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- Detail of how the carillon is played. Sounds are produced either by a keyboard (shown as #1) or a large wheel similar to what you see in a music box (shown as #5).
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- We biked by this in Bruges. The bridge lifts when the counterbalanced arms rock.
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- The rocking bridge. Note the rolling mechanism on the right side.
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- One of the medieval gates into Bruges. Note the pedestrian-only path on the left.
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- Us in a Bruges courtyard. Megan loved how colorful the bricks are: red, yellow, green, brown, white.
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- A quiet dead-end courtyard we stumbled into while exploring Bruges.
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- An example of the farmland around Bruges
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- A canal with a path for bikes and pedestrians.
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- Mieke’s, our hostess’s, lovely garden.
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- Old windmills dot the countryside. We didn’t see any that are still in use for their original intent.
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- Peter, Jim, and Mieke walking on the outskirts of Damme.
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- View of one corner of the star-shaped moat around Damme, Belgium.
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- Beach at Knokke, Belgium. Large tides and shallow slope make for very long beaches. The green line across the foreground is part of a sand stabilization system.
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- A Dutch dike at the edge of the North Sea.
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- The high-speed train that took us to Paris.
Corresponding post:
Plan B Tour 