Archive for December, 2010

Minnewater park is right next to the Beguinage of Bruges:
Minnewater park is dominated by its tree-fringed ‘Lake of Love’ and the Kasteel Minnewater, a chateau-style restaurant with a scenic waterside terrace. It is also a lush green space ideal for a picnic away from the crowds.

The origin of the lakes’s common name – the ‘Lake [...]

2 Comments CherryPie on Dec 31st 2010

The day after the postponement of the walking tour of Bruges proved to be much more suitable for carrying on with the itinerary. To start off with we took in some of the Beguinages that are dotted around the city. The second two photographs show the Beguinage of Bruges which is a well [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 30th 2010

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A Quiet Day

After all the rushing round running up to Christmas I had planned a nice quiet day for yesterday.
It didn’t go quite according to plan and turned into ‘one of those days’. It started off badly with me managing to accidentally put down a glass of water on the edge of my glasses. This [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 28th 2010

A couple of weeks ago I was taken on a special detour to see how beautiful the tree in front of the Parish Church looked adorned with it’s Christmas lights.  I was visiting family on boxing day which meant that on the way home I had the ideal opportunity to photograph the tree.  It [...]

16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 27th 2010

Can miles truly separate you from friends?  If you want to be with someone you love, aren’t you already there?
Richard Bach

10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 26th 2010

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