Michael Faye Adventures 2014.

Saturday 13^th September & Sunday 14^th September, 2014…..

Friday we took the train from Paris to Brugge….the Metro is great in Paris and we certainly made good use of it but getting out of the Metro and onto the main lines out of Paris, what a nightmare, even the locals were confused……eventually we managed to find our train from Paris to Brussels and then we had to change trains to get to Brugge….the latter was easy, it was just getting out of that Paris Nord station where the Metro and the trains out of Paris come together…..and then finding our hotel in Brugge…..we must have asked 6 people who all sent us in different directions…I was carrying my back pack which doesn’t seem to have got any lighter but Michael has had to buy a pull along bag as his shoulder is too painful to carry his backpack……once we found the hotel we realised how we had gone around in circles but the guy at reception in the hotel said even the police get the hotel address wrong so I was pleased to think that it is not just us that are dummies!!!! And so it has been a busy weekend in Brugge, in fact I think half Europe has come here this weekend…..they had an open day on historical buildings yesterday and it was struggle to get down the footpaths as they are so narrow…..this place is bike crazy, they are everywhere so what with dodging the bikes, the horses and carts (and there are so many of them too), the cars and just people, people and more people, one took life rather slowly……a bit cooler here but still fine and pleasant for just walking and walking…..the cathedral here looks like nothing much from the outside but inside the stained glass windows are magnificient and the mother and child statue is some of Michael Angelo’s work….we took a bus tour around the city yesterday which was very interesting, as it is impossible to walk all the areas of interest and we had ear phones to explain the points of interest….. I took a boat trip today which I really enjoyed as it gave you a totally different perspective of Brugge from the water….. the architecture here and the preservation of the old buildings is really quite amazing….cafes, every second shop is a café not to mention the chocolate shops….we went to a concert in the main square last night, bell ringing with music but it was a bit repetitive but it was nice to sit outside in the square…all very European and this morning we found another square to sit in and listen to the music…we presume the local brass band and their music was very enjoyable….. tomorrow we take the train to Amsterdam and then we have to find the port for our boat to begin our 14 day cruise….Yeh, 14 nights in the same bed…M & F.