Day 8 - Bruges, Belgium

Day 8 - 4th May 2017

Using our Rail Pass, we took the IC train all the way towards Bruges (locally spelled as Brugge). The journey took us slightly more than 1 hour.

Bruges is so-called the "fairytale" medieval town of Belgium where the town is oval in shape, with 360 degrees surrounded by moat. Most of the roads in the town are covered by cobblestones. 

It was still very early when we arrived so the town was still quiet. We passed by many roads, meeting little visitors / locals along the way.

After a short walk, we finally reached a place where there were many people. And the sky turned blue to give us a little sunshine too! 

We opened our map and found out that we are at Church of Our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk) which houses one of Michaelangelo's masterpiece, Madonna and Child.

We had a quick look inside the church and found out that the queue was quite long! And both of us were not very interested to look at the REAL Madonna and Child, so we opted out! Took photo with the poster can already. Hahaha

Nearby this church was also where we found our first beautiful view of the canal. 

We then decided to walk deeper into the town and just enjoy the beautiful scenery along the way. 

We finally reached Rozenhoedkaai, which is the infamous postcard view of Bruges. But sorry my photos are a bit fail! Doesn't do the place justice at all! I swear the place is very much prettier! =S

At Rozenhoedkaai, there is also a boat ride tour organised by Bruges tourism. We decided to take the boat ride tour that lasts approximately 30 minutes for €8 per person.

 The boat ride was worth the value in my opinion as they talked a little about the architecture and culture of Bruges citizens.. and many fun facts of the bridges in Bruges! I would recommend to take the boat ride for anyone that is visiting Bruges!

We also passed by Lake of Love, a lake where there were plenty of swans!

My favourite place of the boat tour was at this canal. Love the view!

After our boat ride, we continued our journey towards the Market Square (Markt). Along the way, there were many beautiful shops selling intricate laces, something that Bruges is famous for.  

Also spotted this glass decos and dolls that interests me!

Anyway, back to Market Square!

Time passes very fast and it was almost 3 something when we finally decided to leave Bruges. We planned our journey to pass by the Bonifacius Bridge (Bonifaciusbrug).

On our way out, we decided to use the route that enters the Minnewaterpark. At one of the garden, we spotted rows and rows of lovely colourful flowers.

We finally left the town by crossing the bridge over the moat. 

Bye bye Bruges! You've been a fairytale!

***to be continued....

Read all about :

Day 1 & 2 in London - here.

Day 3,4 & 5 in London - here.

Day 6 in Antwerp - here.

Day 7 in Brussels - here.

Day 8 in Bruges - here.

Day 8 in Ghent - here.

Day 9 &10 in London - here.