We take around three hours for a steady trip, with a fuel and coffee break, to travel from Maastricht to Bruges, although finding somewhere to stop involves a diversion off the main route as fuel and cafés are like hen's teeth around these parts. The fuel station is all automatic when we find one - incomprehensible instructions that magically turn into English once the credit card is inserted.
The campsite is great... it's fully automated as well; I punch in the reservation number we got off the interweb a couple of days ago and get an allocated pitch and entry card zooming out of the machine. We also get 1 hour internet tokens on demand from another dispenser. Pitch is tightish but perfect for a city visit. I can even get RTL television on the satellite receiver to record the British Grand Prix tomorrow. Oh Bliss!
We take a bus into the city (bus drivers are incredibly helpful around these parts) and walk into the Market Square....
...I defy anyone not to be moved by the magnificence of the architecture: another wow moment... and there have been a lot of those on this trip.
We take it all in as we walk the busy, busy streets before sampling a magic 'Chocolate Cappuccino' (it's Bruge) overlooking the river. Then we visit the Basilica and a working flour mill just off the street. Just look at the water powered mill.
We'll bus in again tomorrow for a last fling on the adventure. We'll probably take lunch out... moules frites is anything from 22 - 30 Euros though....
..... it's tomorrow now 🤔 and we DO go for the moules frites which go down really well with a glass of sauvignon blanc....well, it's our last day and there is a kilo each...
We also take a boat trip around the canals which is well worth doing indeed, giving a different perspective on the history of the city.
As we wander through the streets we are given a flyer by some girls from the Stephen Perse Foundation schools in Cambridge who are performing a short concert in the Cathedral and we duly attend before we head back to camp... but we are so, so glad that we did this. The quality is extremely high as they perform works from Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach and more. The Ave Maria by Caccini leaves leaves us all verging on tears. A really nice end to our Bruge visit.
We will be back; there is more to see and the campsite is a great stopover, too.
The campsite is great... it's fully automated as well; I punch in the reservation number we got off the interweb a couple of days ago and get an allocated pitch and entry card zooming out of the machine. We also get 1 hour internet tokens on demand from another dispenser. Pitch is tightish but perfect for a city visit. I can even get RTL television on the satellite receiver to record the British Grand Prix tomorrow. Oh Bliss!
We take a bus into the city (bus drivers are incredibly helpful around these parts) and walk into the Market Square....
...I defy anyone not to be moved by the magnificence of the architecture: another wow moment... and there have been a lot of those on this trip.
We take it all in as we walk the busy, busy streets before sampling a magic 'Chocolate Cappuccino' (it's Bruge) overlooking the river. Then we visit the Basilica and a working flour mill just off the street. Just look at the water powered mill.
We'll bus in again tomorrow for a last fling on the adventure. We'll probably take lunch out... moules frites is anything from 22 - 30 Euros though....
..... it's tomorrow now 🤔 and we DO go for the moules frites which go down really well with a glass of sauvignon blanc....well, it's our last day and there is a kilo each...
We also take a boat trip around the canals which is well worth doing indeed, giving a different perspective on the history of the city.
As we wander through the streets we are given a flyer by some girls from the Stephen Perse Foundation schools in Cambridge who are performing a short concert in the Cathedral and we duly attend before we head back to camp... but we are so, so glad that we did this. The quality is extremely high as they perform works from Mozart, Vivaldi, Bach and more. The Ave Maria by Caccini leaves leaves us all verging on tears. A really nice end to our Bruge visit.
We will be back; there is more to see and the campsite is a great stopover, too.
Home tomorrow via Eurotunnel, all being well
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