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| Spurkees Bank Tower, Luxembourg |
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I had the opportunity to travel to another part of Europe with my two friends Michelle and Justin last week. In our four day trip we traveled to the country of Belgium and Luxembourg. For each day of travel we were in a different city, or in the case of Luxembourg, a different country. In Belgium, we were in the cities of Brugge, Ghent, and Bruxelles. In Luxembourg, we traveled to Luxembourg city.
Our journey began very early on Saturday morning where we flew from Geneva to Bruxelles. Once we were in Bruxelles, we took a train to Brugge, and before departing we ate waffles! Once we were in Brugge we ventured to find our hotel in the rain. After that mission was accomplished, we headed back into the city center and the new mission of finding chocolate commenced. There were so many chocolate shops it was hard to chose so we tried a couple of different ones. After too much chocolate, we thought real food would be a good idea and so Michelle and I tried to each finish a big pot of mussles and shared a beer. We then proceeded to climb up the Belfry tower of Bruge, or Belfort all 366 steps to get a magnificent view of the city.The next day in Brugge, we went on a boat tour, sadly it rained while we were on boat in the canals.
The three of us then ventured by train to Ghent. We toured around Graversteen castle, which was located near our hostel. We had a nice dinner by the water and then saw one of the orginal city gates. The next day we arose early and took a train to Bruxelles and then another train to Luxembourg, which took almost 4 hours. Luxembourg is a very beautiful city with different levels of landscape. We took a tour around the city on a tourbus and then walked around to admire the architecture and the landscape. Our dinner was passed at a lovely French restaurant, where the waitress spoke 7 different languages. She was learning her 8th one: Luxembourgish.
Four our final day of the trip, we returned to Bruxelles. We toured around the Grand Place and found Manneken Pis. He is the famous small boy statue that pees into the water basin. There are a lot of legends that surround the statue, but the more interesting tradition is how he changes costumes a few times each week and he has over 700 outfits housed in the city musuem. We then stocked up on chocolate and ate waffles and fries before heading toward the airport. Sadly, we missed our flight, but caught a later one and returned safely to Geneva.
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| Michelle and I share a beer |
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| View from the belfry in Brugge |
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| Gravensteen Castle in Ghent |
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| Saint Bavo Cathedral in Ghent |
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| View of Luxembourg City |
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| Me in Luxembourg |
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| The Grand Place in Bruxelles, gray building is the City Museum |
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| Manneken Pis, famous statue in Bruxelles |
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| Justin eating Belgium fries |
It's nice to know that you had a wonderful trip. Traveling expands your horizon and knowledge about the world. Kimmie, so far you hae done a lot more traveling than your father.
ReplyDeleteI love Ghent! I love Brugges! Belgium is great. You cannot go wrong with beer and chocolate. :) I was a huge fan of the french fries but I was a little dissapointed with the waffles. What did you think? Oh, and is it just me or is it crazy that the statue of the boy peeing could be so famous yet so small?!
ReplyDeleteI met a girl from Luxembourg when I was in Costa Rica. They know five languages by the time they graduate high school. It is a shame that there is not more emphasis on the importance of knowing multiple languages in the States, BUT it is of much more importance when you have so many countries with their own languages that are packed so close together.
Glad you had a safe and interesting trip!
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