Brugge, Sunday July 22nd

Woke up early this morning to catch a bus to Brugge, a small city on the coast of Belgium, which is about 3 hours away from Amsterdam. I was really excited to see the city after my parents told me about their time there!

The weather couldn't have been any better, sun was out and there was a slight breeze. We got a short littol tour of the city (it's pretty small and easy to navigate) and then hopped on a boat for a canal cruise, a classic thing to do but the city, like Amsterdam, is made up of lots of canals! It is different from Amsterdam in that the canals are surrounded by littol quaint houses that are right up on the water, rather than separated by a street. It was really beautiful and precious! All the houses were so small and had their own quirk.

We had a couple missions to complete while in the country of Belgium (we had about 5 hours in the town). Drink Belgian beer, eat Belgian waffles, Belgian chocolate, and Belgian fries. Happy to say, we completed all these tasks with much enjoyment. Everything really does taste better in the country that started the cuisine.

We walked around the town, finding quaint, quiet streets (there were so many tourists so these were nice escapes!) and went into the famous Church of our Lady of Assumptions which has Michelangelo's Madonna and Child. It costs €5 to see it soooo we passed (we've both seen Pieta so we thought it'd be ok!) After walking around a bit more, it was time to head back to Amsterdam. So sad, definitely would've loved to spend more time there!

We grabbed sushi once we were back and decided to walk back to our hostel instead of taking the tram. It was such a pleasant walk and so cool to see quiet neighborhoods with precious houses.

Last day of relaxing tomorrow before we head back to Prague. Dreading it as I have a take home final and paper awaiting me to start them back in Prague....Hopefully I'll have time to enjoy my last 3 (!!!!) days in Prague.

Exhausted but very grateful.

Love,
Whit