Scenic Brugge!

Bocca is amazing. It's a takeaway pasta! I'm going to have more for dinner. Eat it at my dorm!

It is evident that it is autumn!

 I saw this random flea market. I think it's only on Sundays!

I went to the church with the statue of Madonna with child. It's one of the rare Michelangelo arts OUTSIDE of Italy!

There's THE Madonna with Child! Woohoo!

Some porn chocolate! I want the white chocolate one!

There is the Beer Wall of Belgium. It has all 750 beers from Belgium! I think it's 750.

This is me on an almost daily basis to write at a cafe!

This is the Belfort by night. It is in the market square.

And this is a quaint little chocolate house. There's the chocolate maker busy at work after closing time. Shops usually close by 7PM.

Panos is a GREAT place for great pastries at a great price. It's quite empty by 9AM so it's the best time to go in and get pastries.

Apparently a LOT of people can't take good pictures. :(

That right there on top is a self shot, again! :)

Inside here is the famed HOLY BLOOD. The chalice that was taken on a crusade to Jerusalem in the 12th Century. True Catholics believed it once carried Jesus' blood. COOL!

This is a little private courtyard called Hof Bladelin.

More self-shots! :)

That's all from Brugge. If you ever come here, go to Bean Around The World and stay for at least two hours. You can hear all kinds of interesting conversations. People are friendly and curious, and there's a 10% discount for students, and there is free Wi-Fi! What else can any traveler ask for?

Tomorrow, I leave for Amsterdam! :)

Short update from Brugge, Belgium

Okay so I am in Brugge, Belgium and I have to say this is a truly picturesque little town. It really is small and I can walk from one end to another in under an hour. I walked from the train station to my hostel with 15 kilos on my back. Not the most fun but still!

Right now I am waiting for all my electronics to be out of battery before I leave this wi-fi place. I need wi-fi SO BAD. And the owners are Americans living in Brugge.

Like I said, I have a LOT of pictures, right? Those who know me on Facebook should be able to see my pictures from Windsor which includes Thorpe Park.And you can see the massive coasters I rode. Seriously. Saw was THE scariest thing I rode by far. It goes vertically up and vertically down. My heart totally dropped. And I sat the fastest coaster in 2 seconds. I don't know how to explain in and my computer is now lagging because I am uploading photos on Facebook. I have a lot. Seriously. But my battery is soon dying out because the plugs in Belgium are different and I am hopeless about it. I want to cry (joking) but I don't think I should. My back aches and my neck is sore. My backpack is no joke. Hah.

So far the trains looks safe. Eurostar is pretty posh and the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Brugge is pretty all right. Spoke to Emily and the family for a bit. I think I should quickly close this page so that my Facebook photos can be uploaded faster. It's so slow and I have barely 40 minutes of battery left right now and my photos are just halfway through. Will come back to this place again if my electronics have battery!

Much love from Brugge.

P.S. Check back on my Twitter page. I posted nice pictures of Brugge I took on my phone!

Short update from Bruxelles!

First off, I am in Brussels. The first six hours here was not too pleasant because I was too early (later tickets costed a bomb) and the district right outside the Thalys Eurostar station of Brussels-Midi was really intimidating. I did not like it. It was a typical kind of place you would totally avoid. There was graffiti everywhere and every single part smelled like piss. Each street I crossed, there were more Middle Easterns, etc. And they looked scary. No offense to Belgians but it scared me. I did walk, anyway, at least twenty minutes far out and it was eye-opening. Then finally I made my way to Herrmann-Debroux station and met my first official Couchsurfing host, Geraldine. She is working right now so I am looking around on my own. I dont know if I can update today but I would do it when I get to Brugges where I will be living in a hotel instead. I am the Grand Market and it is AMAZING as hell. I swear it is just so picturesque. I went crazy with the pictures. I had some free chocolate, bought a chocolate teddy bear, ate some great Belgian waffle (it REALY was good) and now I am trying my best to look for Mannaken Pis myself. I visited three churches and prayed at one. I must say I am pretty good at finding places myself! :-) Will update soon. I have a lot of pictures! A LOT! I am doing great so much love to those who emailed or texted me!

P.S. The French keyboard has no apostrophe so you cant blame me :-(

P.P.S. This keyboard at the Visit Flanders tourism office has smiley keyboard buttons! I will post a picture soon!