Sparkling Bruges

Bruges is a very pretty city of old cobbled streets, and beautiful, tall, narrow buildings, often with many ornate features. It has old stone bridges, crossing sparkling little waterways, and open plazas full to the brim with cafés and restaurants with a hubbub of people enjoying their day.

The Christmas market was in the main square, and one of the smaller side plazas, but they were quite close together. Each market was full with little wooden chalets, with many selling scrumptious things to eat, either to take home or snack on now. Others selling a range of little homemade crafts, toys, lots of Christmas decorations and plenty of warm things to wear if you needed an extra layer. After a little bit of brunch to set ourselves up for the day, we were soon enjoying wandering around and soaking up the atmosphere.

It really is a very beautiful city, which is great to just stroll through and enjoy. Again, it’s another place I’d like to come back to one day, to explore it a bit more, maybe when it’s a bit warmer.