While staying in Brugge, we took a train to Ghent where our first stop was the fine arts museum - they have a lovely collection from the middle ages to contemporary works. From there we walked a LONG way to the ancient centre of the city which is really beautiful. The architecture is imposing, much bigger buildings than in Brugge (we are very pleased to have stayed in Brugge where we walked around the town every night). The medieval castle in Ghent was terrific and we followed that with visits to 3 important buildings - St Nicholas's church, The Belfry (watch tower complete with bells and carillion) then to St Bavo's Cathedral to see a Rubens and a couple of Van Eycks! Magnifiqe! By the time we retu
rned to Brugge, had dinner outside at a restaurant and walked back to our hotel in the town centre, it was 20 to 10!
28th April To Paris
Our train had an upstairs carriage from Brugge to Brussels - good view. Then we said goodbye to Jan who went to Frankfurt to fly home and we took a top quality Thalys train to Paris arriving about lunch time. Bek had passed on very intricate key collection details - 2 door codes and a security box code.... and our apartment is certainly worth the hassle. 50 metres from the Champs Elysees and about 200 metres fron the Arc de Triomph! We have a dishwasher and clothes washer and windows with cast iron lace onto a deep, small central courtyard where several tall buildings meet. Received a text from Mum saying "Bon jour happy arrival" that,s lovely.
28th Our first full day in Paris was spent : walking down Avenue George v and across the Seine to the Eiffel Tower; standing in the shady queue to travel to the summit; taking photos from the top; travelling by Metro to Gare Austerlitz to plan all our rail trips and walking round many more fascinating streets.
I could not find an internet cafe so I have waited until this out of town trip.
Friday 30th - The Bayeux Tapestry.
We took a fast train direct to Bayeux and walked to the Tapestry exhibition first. Stunning! Then we had a delicious lunch in the sun (we have been blessed with the weather) - fish soup followed by a huge salad containg grilled duck and goose liver pate among other things. It stopped
irene! ... I don't know how I did not have difficulty, but I was able to eat every morsel without struggling. Yum!!!!
I hope I will be able to contact you all again soon, it just depends on finding internet cafes.
Happy days,
Love
Susie
rned to Brugge, had dinner outside at a restaurant and walked back to our hotel in the town centre, it was 20 to 10!28th April To Paris
Our train had an upstairs carriage from Brugge to Brussels - good view. Then we said goodbye to Jan who went to Frankfurt to fly home and we took a top quality Thalys train to Paris arriving about lunch time. Bek had passed on very intricate key collection details - 2 door codes and a security box code.... and our apartment is certainly worth the hassle. 50 metres from the Champs Elysees and about 200 metres fron the Arc de Triomph! We have a dishwasher and clothes washer and windows with cast iron lace onto a deep, small central courtyard where several tall buildings meet. Received a text from Mum saying "Bon jour happy arrival" that,s lovely.
28th Our first full day in Paris was spent : walking down Avenue George v and across the Seine to the Eiffel Tower; standing in the shady queue to travel to the summit; taking photos from the top; travelling by Metro to Gare Austerlitz to plan all our rail trips and walking round many more fascinating streets.
I could not find an internet cafe so I have waited until this out of town trip.
Friday 30th - The Bayeux Tapestry.
We took a fast train direct to Bayeux and walked to the Tapestry exhibition first. Stunning! Then we had a delicious lunch in the sun (we have been blessed with the weather) - fish soup followed by a huge salad containg grilled duck and goose liver pate among other things. It stopped
irene! ... I don't know how I did not have difficulty, but I was able to eat every morsel without struggling. Yum!!!!I hope I will be able to contact you all again soon, it just depends on finding internet cafes.
Happy days,
Love
Susie
Hi susie,
ReplyDeleteThe accomadation sounds fabulous. Such a joy to be central and be able to access places easily. Looking forward to the pictures. Great to hear the weather is kind.
Love pam