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…
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Touring Bruges
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…
Winging it in Bruges
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…
Brussels to Bruges
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…
Keep Calm and Omicron: Travel to Europe
Arriving in Brussels was not an easy feat in the time of COVID, in the time of US Thanksgiving, and in the unfortunate time of Omicron travel. We left Denver Wednesday morning to check in for our Air Canada one-stop flight to Brussels via Montreal, only to find that our first leg was delayed so…
Coeur d’Alene winter getaway
Traveling to our Coeur d’Alene winter getaway We got in to the Spokane Airport from Denver on Thursday night for a four night Coeur d’Alene winter getaway for our anniversary weekend. I surprised Brendan with this trip over Christmas (well, semi-surprise, because he ultimately did guess it) and had previously purchased the tickets from DEN…