Paris/Belgium recs

Re: Paris/Belgium recs

• Jells2dot0 member

  

  October 2012

  I've never stayed in Brussels, but thought I could help with Bruges. We stayed at the Duc de Bourgogne hotel. It is a small, family-owned hotel situated at the center of Bruges, right on the water, with the most spectacular view in town. The hotel only has 10 rooms and has a feel more along the lines of a bed and breakfast, though the rooms have private bathrooms. Our room was on the second floor and was simple, clean, and a wonderful view of the canal and the swans swimming below. We enjoyed breakfast in the hotel?s only restaurant each morning, but did not have dinner there. Instead, we chose to enjoy local favorites in town- french fries, waffles, and grilled cheese! Oh, and the chocolate and beer! Who could forget about that? LOL We bought several boxes of chocolate from Dumon, a small chocolate shop just off Market Square. Delicious! If you to send me some, I like the dark chocolates with vanilla creme in the middle! We also paired our chocolate with the awesome Belgian beer. Though we tasted many, we took the time to do a full brewery tour at De Halve Maan. The tour is one of the more extensive brewery tours I have been on, since it is quite lengthy and incorporates a lot of history into the walk. By the time the tour was over, I felt that I had earned my beer. We did quite a bit of walking during our stay in Bruges, but the town warrants it since it?s absolutely stunning. Because of the day we were there, a lot of the museums were closed. So, we really just focused on walking around and taking pictures other than the brewery tour.

  
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