A day in Brugge

Today we left Kortrijk and headed to Brugge for a little sightseeing. We took the 12:02 train and it was about an hour ride. Steve misplaced his phone and we searched frantically until we determined that it was gone for good.

Since Rodney had been to Brugge before, he led us to the city center where we then searched for food. After Paul was accosted by some goober in a pirate costume wanting the guys to have their picture taken at his tourist trap, we finally stumbled upon a restaurant that was reasonably priced. We ordered beers of course and it was the best of the trip. Bruges Zot is a locally brewed dubbel that is very smooth and went down way too fast.

After eating, we walked around a bit in search of chocolate and more beer. We found plenty of both. We hit a string of chocolate shops and bought enough to keep us strung out for weeks. Hank picked up some post cards and Paul bought a present for Caroline.

We found a beer store that was just awesome. They had a beer cellar that had so many beers that it was hard to make a decision. They also had a bar portion which we took advantage of and had another Bruges Zot.

Steve and Cleve were in a competition to see who could drink the most. Cleve tried to attack a couple of times but Steve would counter and finally Cleve popped. It turns out that Sperry is a Pro and Cleve is just a Cat 2. That is ok since I am just a Cat 4. Steve even threatened to throw my water bottle away if he saw me drinking from it again.

We headed back to the train station at around 7:30. Steve checked the lost and found for his phone to no avail so we boarded the train for Kortrijk. Hank and Cleve napped while the rest of us made fun of them.

When we arrived in Kortrijk we stopped at Dominoes and picked up a few pizzas to take back to the hotel. We hung out a bit in the lobby for a bit more blogging and then headed to bed.

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