Charming Brugge!

We decided to stay in Brugge this weekend and explore what our city has to offer. Friday night we went out to dinner at a quaint Italian restaurant around the corner from us and then on to the local British Pub and a local Brugge bar. We had quite an experience at the local bar so if you want to hear about it give us a call.

Saturday night we stumbled upon a restaurant that ranks in our "top 3" of European restaurants. The food was outstanding. I had oven baked chicken and Scott had Flemish stew(kind of like pot roast with a brown gravy sauce.) We can't wait to take visitors there. Check it out here : www.curiosa-brugge.com. Click on the left to change the language to English and be sure to read the history. Our neighbors from New Jersey, had friends in town on Saturday so we met up with them after dinner and had drinks at the local Irish pub.

The pictures above were taken on our walk home Saturday night.

There's two things everyone in Europe owns: a coffee pot and a tea set. We owned neither up until now. I thought I was doing good to just have a tea kettle! After the local British ladies educated me in tea pots, I now know the tea pot is the most essential piece when "having" tea. I had been looking for the perfect tea pot set and finally found one. We found it at the local antique fair that was going on. After researching it on the internet it is authentic and dates back to the 1950's. I bought the little sugar cubes the other day. So, in my best British accent, "Would anyone like a cup of tea?"

We are off to London next weekend. We should have lots of good pictures and stories for you.

Until next time......

Oh, for those of you keeping up with my driving.....I've made it out of the parking lot to the country back roads of Belgium yesterday with no tears or stressful moments!