I took the Eurostar from London to Brussels early in the morning. Once I arrived at Brussels, I took another train to Bruges. I was struggling between Bruges and Ghent, and I decided to go to Bruges because the pictures looked prettier on the internet, but my friend later told me that he likes Ghent more...... I guess I would need to go back to Belgium to check it out!
This is a canal-based city and due to its history, it is also a Unesco World Heritage City. Walking around the city made me felt like I went back in time. There is a bus going directly from the train station to the Bruges Market, which is the city center. The minute I got off the bus, I have already fallen in love with the city. Around the city center, there are a lot of historical buildings, including the most distinctive landmark, the Belfry. It is a medieval bell tower and you can walk all the way up there to get an eagle view of this beautiful city.
There are a lot of music performances on the street, and they were beautiful and elegant.
As I walked away from the city center, I found a cute little coffee place. When you order coffee here, it usually comes with a piece of chocolate. The chocolate here is soooooo good! And they also like to put cocoa powder on top of a cappuccino. I bought a bag of coffee beans from here because the coffee is just too good.
Then, I took a boat tour through the canals. Too bad that it was a little overcast that day, but it was still very nice. I felt like I was in the movie of Pride and Prejudice or Vanity Fair or some historic piece. I tried to ignore the fact that there were another 20 passengers on the boat, and imagined it was just me enjoying the ride.
After I got off the boat, I walked to the places I wanted to see when I was on the boat. I also encountered a lot of beer and chocolate stores! Guai lo loves beers, so I got him two bottles of beer for souvenir. Too bad I am not a fan of beers, this is really a beer lover's heaven. On the other hand, I love waffles! How can one not have any Belgian waffles in Belgium! So, I got myself a waffle as well.
It's dinner time! I decided to treat myself to a nice dinner. There are a lot of restaurants around the area, and I had a very hard time picking one place. I finally decided that I wanted some pasta, so I went to the place called Sale & Pepe. I ordered a simple tomato/Parmesan spaghetti and a tiramisu, and it was pretty good! It was a very simple dish, but the pasta was al dente, tomato is so sweet and the dish was perfectly seasoned. I was completely stuffed after the pasta, but I was so tempted to try their dessert, and I was glad that I did. The dessert was not too sweet and the mousse layer was very smooth. Overall, a very satisfying dinner. The only sad thing was to dine alone.
It started to drizzle a bit after dinner, and that made it very difficult to take some night pictures. So, I took a few and then went back to the hotel. I really really enjoyed Bruges, and it was so sad to be in this city alone because It is such a romantic city <3.
