Bruges!

We have spent three nights in Bruges and it is defiantley less scary than Brussels! It is quite a small city, but there are lots of things to do...the night life isn't too great, but there are a few bars and the bar at our hostel is really good so it doesn't really matter!

It is so pretty here we have spent most of the days wandering around the city, one night we did get lost though for nearly 2 hours! I think we walked down every street in Bruges, but the one we are staying on!

Today we went on a bike ride, if you stay 2 nights at the Bauhaus hostel you get 1/2 a day free bike rental which is definatley worth doing, everyone cycles round here! It was a bit scary at first becuase we aren't used to riding on roads, but after a rew near misses and one crash (for rachel - into a wall rather than a car though) we got used to it!

We went to the chocolate museum which was very informative and there is a HUGE egg that is real chocolate! We are still unsure as to how it hasn't melted but it hasn't! You get a history of everything and a demo which includes a free piece of the nicest chocolate ever.....which of course is our favourite part!

We spent the rest of the day wandering around seeing the billions of really pretty churches that are here and wandering down the canal (we also got a boat trip around the canals which was really nice)...it really is a beautiful city so you don't really have to do much to have a really nice time because it is nice to just be here!

Tomorrow we are off to Amsterdam for 4 nights and we can't wait! the coaches are running every hour from Brussels at the moment so it is really easy to get there and it is only a 4.5 hour journey....we'll let you know how we get on!

Thanks for reading

Jess and Rach