All the sightseeing and sampling of various Belgian beers caught up with me but Bruges didn’t disappoint. It’s like a mideval town has time travelled to modern times.
Magnificent buildings around each corner and they wanted to experience each venue used in the film.
I didn’t know them that well, and many interiors were different to the film I’m told but we thoroughly enjoyed it, some more than others though.
They raved about climbing the tower (piece of piss by the way - even those fat Americans could’ve made ir as there are stop off rooms all the way up) . The 13/14/15th century architecture and history it witnessed intrigued me but for actual views it was a bit meh compared to Sacre Coeur or Eifel Tower. Even Arc de Triumph, a lot lower had a more imposing view.
The Basillica with Christs Blood shuts for long lunch and it’s only displayed sporadically. The canal tour is superb well worth the 15 a head
Overall I’d highly recommend Bruges and two pubs in particular. Be..2 is kind of a tourist outlet with 300 different beers many served in very fancy , and security tagged glasses, but shuts at 8 PM. The other is other side of the square called The Trappist, down in a recently rediscovered 16th century cellar. Some VERY strong beers here too even had one 13% (didn’t taste great tbh) but some of the lower alcohol beers 6.5!to about 8,5 were gorgeous. And absolutely zero hangover despite quite a few being sampled.
Ghent was much bigger, 4 tram lines and multiple busses. Felt as big if not bigger than Cork though Google says population wise it’s smaller. Far more to do in Ghent but alas wed
Much less time. Again the canal tour was well worth it
Well definitely be going back but meanwile my sleep patterns are all screwed up
