I didn’t sleep nearly as much I would have liked to on the train from Berlin to Brussels- 5:30am came way to soon. But I drank some tea, and come coffee and I was awake enough. I put my bags into the lockers in the station and headed out to Bruges to waste the day until I could check into my hostel. Bruges is a small costal town about an hour train ride from Brussels, Kristen had been going on and on about the city so I figured I should check it out. I read that is is described as the Venice of the north. Its very cute and quant, also very touristy- I was a bit surprised though by the large numbers of Japanese and Chinese tourists. I got butter and sugar crepe for breakfast, did a bit of tourist shopping, and took a canal boat ride around the city.







I really wanted these bunnies, but at 225 euros they were a bit much.



At this point I had seen plenty and headed back to Brussels eating some chocolate covered cookies on the train back. I checked into my hostel, got acquainted with Brussels, and had some dinner. For dinner I had some fantastic pizza from a restaurant I had read about- it was so good I ate far more than I should have and am now in a food coma.