2001.08.13 :: Brugge, Belgium

Brugge: a la Bruno

I rolled over again making sure to get my proper beauty sleep and noticed that there were still two others sawing logs.

All of a sudden Bruno walks in and tells me that he overslept his alarms and had decided to quit his job! I guess that moving packed fish crates around wouldn't be that exciting if you had to do it in ten hour shifts.

So I got dressed, met him in the bar and on the way out this girl overheard that we were going to see the sites of Brugge and asked to join in. So we, Bruno, Lisa and I went to see the towers, churches and this house were a really rich family lived. [Look at the candle holder, can you picture how big the candle would be?] They had built their house right next to the church and had a private balcony in the church that was accessed via the house. [I really like the spiral staircases] [2] [3] [Lisa liked the railing sculptures] [nice private gardens] [early machine gun]

Bruno said that we had seen all that was really worth seeing, so we got some pizza and then went window shopping. We found a chocolate shop [2] [3] that had some interesting full size chocolates . I've been looking for a watch but haven't found one that I like that's affordable. Not having a watch is also a good way to meet girls... I mean people. We rested at a park for a bit and happened upon the Miss Belgium contestants having a picnic and enjoying the sun.

Lisa and I went back to the Bauhaus and had some more of their great food. Because The Crash was closed, Bruno, Bart, Karen and Dirk came to the hostel for a few beers.

It's a bit strange hanging out with these four. They are all between 16-19 but they are so much more mature than friends and acquaintances I've had at their ages. The most shocking is that Bart is 16, the same age as my brother, and he smokes like a chimney and can drink like a fish.

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