Today the weather is sunny but cool. We needed to bundle up to go on our visit to Bruges.
The ship docked at Zeebrugge, a distance from the town but the cruise line arranged for a shuttle bus to drive us to the entrance to the medieval city.
We left the pier at 10:30 am and arrived at the entrance at 11:00 am.
Bruges is a walled medieval city with lots of picturesque buildings and canals.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges
The only way to enter is by foot- motor vehicles are not allowed in the old city.
Consequently we walked in to the city over a bridge.
Once inside the city walls we saw the canal that ringed the city and lots of old buildings, trees and shops.
The walled city is not very large and encircled with a canal. It is easy to walk and visit.
There are many companies offering rides in the canal around the city.
We walked in circle visiting some shops and headed to the town center to find a restaurant for lunch. The large center square had many restaurants, bars and coffee shops on the edges of the square.
After lunch we continued our walk around the town amazed how pretty Bruges was and how many of the old buildings were so well preserved.
Since Bruges was known for its chocolates we stopped at several stores before buying some chocolate pralines.
At 3:00 pm we headed for the exit to find our shuttle to go back to the ship.
We had a nice and leisurely day and appreciated the sunny weather after having such cold weather the day before.
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