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 [...]
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Bruges Walking Tour Resumed
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
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Silent Night
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
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Multi Coloured Tower
This year’s visit to Bruges took place one week earlier than my last visit to Bruges, it was quite a surprise to see that Autumn seemed far more advanced than it was on my previous visit. These pictures outside the Gruuthuse Museum illustrate my point perfectly.
The seasons shift in mysterious ways, which reminds me [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Dec 23rd 2010
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Gruuthuse Museum
The Gruuthuse Museum is to the left of the first photograph and behind me in the second photograph.
Since 1955, this former palace has been a museum of decorative arts, recalling life as lived – mainly by the high and mighty – in Bruges from the 13th – 19th cebtury, There are 2,500 objects in [...]
2 Comments CherryPie on Dec 22nd 2010
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100 Photos 50 :: Umbrellas
This photo was taken in the courtyard outside the Gruuthuse Museum which we visited after the rest of the walking tour was postponed. I think this picture illustrates just how much rain their actually was. I will be posting more information on the museum in the next few days.
This photo marks the half way point [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 21st 2010
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The Weather
The snow hasn’t lifted since last weeks snowfall and over the weekend it didn’t get above freezing. Yesterday it was still -10 at mid-day. I didn’t worry too much about it because I stayed at home to keep warm so I could fight off my lurgy.
But today I had to make my way into work. [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Dec 21st 2010
