ANGEL ARMS IN BRUGG, BELGIUM

YEP, BELGIUM AGAIN! AND FOR FREE COZ WE RODE A CAR! ONE OF THE STUDENTS I WAS HAVING ENGLISH PRATICE WITH INVITED ME TO COME WITH THEM TO BRUGG, IT'S SUPPOSEDLY THE MOST FAMOUS TOURIST CITY IN BELGIUM, BECAUSE OF ITS CASTLES AND MONASTERIES AND CHANNEL OF CANALS (WHERE ONE CAN PAY TO HAVE A BOAT-TOUR AROUND THE CITY FOR 5 EUROS/30MINS). WE HAD PICNIC BY THE RIVER, WHERE THERE WAS THIS BRITISH COUPLE WHO GREETED US "BON APPETITE" (IN ENGLISH SO IT SOUNDED LIKE THE ENGLISH WORD APPETITE HEHE) AND THE GENTLEMAN HAD A DEAD LEAF ON TOP OF HIS HEAD. IT MUST HAVE FALLEN FROM SOME TREE AND HE DIDN'T NOTICE IT. WE HAD A NICE LAUGH THERE HEHE COZ HE WAS PARADING ACROSS TOWN WITH THE LEAF ON HIS HEAD. T'WAS HILARIOUS. AFTERWARDS WE WENT TO THE FAMOULS BASILICA OF THE HOLY BLOOD, AND SAW THE VESSEL THAT CONTAINED THE HOLY BLOOD OF CHRIST. WE WENT TO A LOT OF PLACES, AND CHURCHES THAT LOOKED LIKE FORTRESSES (ONE LOOKED LIKE ORTHANC, THE TOWER OF SARUMAN, IF YOU STAND ON ITS BASE AND LOOK STRAIGHT UP). WE WENT TO A MONASTERY THAT WAS FAMOUS FOR THE SMALL PIGEON TOWERS ON TOP OF EVERY STRUCTURE. AND CHOCOLATES WERE EVERYWHERE! THEY CAME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES, AND THEY WERE ALL CHEAP (WELL ACTUALLY EXPENSIVE FOR ME BUT CHEAP BY EUROPEAN STANDARDS). THERE WERE CHOCOLATE SCULPTURES AND CHOCOLATE DECORATIONS AND CHOCOLATE EVERYTHING. THEY SAY BELGIAN CHOCOLATE IS THE BEST IN THE REGION. YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT.
AFTERWARDS, ON OUR WAY BACK TO LILLE, WE PASSED BY THE COAST AND STOPPED FOR A WHILE IN ONE OF THE BEACHES THERE. I FINALLY SAW THE ATLANTIC! (OR AT LEAST PART OF IT) THE BEACHES IN THE ATLANTIC COAST ARE REALLY COLD AND RISES A LOT DURING HIGH TIDE SO THEY DON'T ALLOW SWIMMING IN THESE PARTS. BUT IT WAS GREAT TO WALK ALONG THE SEASHORE AGAIN. THE WIND WAS COOL AND REFRESHING. WE SAW HORSETRACKS ALONG THE SAND, BUT NO HORSES. TOO BAD. ON THE WAY BACK TO LILLE, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THAT, AND WHY DO THE FRENCH USE S.O.S FOR HELP, BUT NOT KNOW WHAT IT MEANS HEHE IT WAS A REALLY GREAT WEEKEND!

THIS IS THE CENTRE-VILLE OF BRUGG. I SAW A LOT OF JAPANESE TOURISTS HERE,AND EVERY ONE OF THEM HAD A CAMERA. NO SURPRISE THERE!

I CAME WITH (FROM LEFT) GILDAS, ROMAIN, MONSIEUR PRIEST (I CNT SPELL HIS NAME HEHE AND HE WAS OUR HOST FOR THE TRIP, BTW) AND PATRICK.

AND THIS IS A PIC WITH ME (KASI MAGREREKLAMO NANAMAN SI NANAN NA GAWA GAWA KO LANG TO HHAHAHA AYAN NANAN MAY PROOF AKO!) WHILE WE WERE HAVING LUNCH

BELGIAN CHOCOLATES!!! YUMMY!!! (BOTH TASTE AND PRICE) HEHEHE