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A few more images of the fountain.

12 Comments CherryPie on Dec 18th 2010

By the time we had walked to the fountain in Zand Square the weather had taken a turn for the worse. I am not sure whether there was more water in the fountain or coming out of the sky. After standing around for some time whilst one of the party took a lengthy [...]

16 Comments CherryPie on Dec 17th 2010

The next port of call on the walking tour was the Burg which is the most historic square in Bruges.  According to 9th century manuscripts the Burg was the centre of civic and religious life:

It takes its name from the fortress of the ‘burg’, that was built here in 865 by Baldwin Iron Arm, the [...]

10 Comments CherryPie on Dec 15th 2010

It is difficult to tell if everyone was enjoying themselves

4 Comments CherryPie on Dec 14th 2010

After getting sidetracked posting pictures of the English winter I am now going to return to Bruges.
The day after the lovely sunny day spent in Sint-Trudoabdij Male and Tudor City Park was not quite so sunny.  In fact there was a bit of drizzle when we set off in the morning, but not enough to [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Dec 13th 2010

When I visited Bruges the Hotel was hard to find as some of you will recall from a previous post of mine.  The room I stayed in was in the eves of the newest part of the hotel, is is where you see the three round and one square window.  My brother informed me that [...]

18 Comments CherryPie on Dec 3rd 2010

The first photo is a different view of one of my favourite photos from my previous visit to Bruges. I think I like my original photo best, but you might have a different point of view

18 Comments CherryPie on Dec 1st 2010

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