Yearly Archives: 2022

Our final day and night in Brussels – old haunts and new experiences

One of the benefits of staying at Art de Sejour was the included breakfast, which especially was appreciated since we decided to use our one full day in Brussels to daytrip to Gent. Large breakfasts with coffee are always good on travel days. Mario prepared it artfully and offered simple yet generous choices of fruit,…

After a generous (but expensive) hotel breakfast, the next day we spent walking around Brussels after the short hour train ride taking us to Brussels Central Station. This train station would be a dear friend over the next few days, as we bopped around. We decided to walk to our hotel which was only 10…

The next morning we met our guide at 11AM for touring Bruges, and the weather held for us. Our tour guide was named Louis, an older gentleman who had more experience in the art of storytelling, making for an amusing experience. We met in the Christmas market in the square with the belfry / clock…

On our first full day in Bruges, we woke up at a leisurely time and skipped breakfast – and ended up having a lovely day winging it in Bruges, the city of endless nooks and crannies. Since we were still waiting for our test results, we decided to take a long walk in search of…

Easily hopping on a train from our flight from Brussels Airport, our direct Brussels to Bruges route lasted less than 90 minutes. It was a rainy day and given our level of exhaustion, we decided to grab a taxi at the train station in Bruges rather than walk or take the bus (plus we didn’t…