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Canal corner during the
morning
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Another canal picture -
Bruges is often called the Venice of the north
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Speaks for itself...Bruges
#2 export product
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| Only remaining brewery in Bruges :( |
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Monk with his brewery
stirring paddle (beer was main product of abbeys in the past)
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Bridge and church, common
sites in Bruges
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| On our tour we saw this Michaelangelo
pieta, only one outside of Italy |
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Video of Market Square
with bells playing
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Market square - Post Office
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| Market Square - twilight - many
restaurants |
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Egg Market square - but
could not find any eggs to purchase
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| The inside courtyard of a de Medici villa
in Brugge |
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Jan van Eyck - famous
Flemish painter
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| Our hotel - the Jan Brito |
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One of 3 courtyards at the
Jan Brito Hotel
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| View of the courtyard (and elevator) from
our window |
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| a Jerusalem style church from the 1300s -
a private church from the Crusades |
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a lace museum and school,
ladies leaving for the day
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| note low doorways at the lace museum |
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Saint Maartens(plein)
in Bruge
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