Hats, Sights and Sea Wolfs Oh My!

The sights we saw our first full day in Brugge convinced us its the most beautiful place in Europe. If you look closely, even Yvonne's hair was smiling. I must insert a quick Ruby update. She slept through the night last night. Wonder of wonders!



November 22, 2006
Today we all tried on hats like we were part of a 1980s' American teen movie montage. Evan's head is really big. It's only one US Evan head, but over here it's like 60 or 61 kilo-heads.

November 22, 2006
"It's a matter of taste"

Today we're at tea room-Carde Diem for our hot chocolate & snack break. The hot chocolate employs a method similar to that of yesterday's cup. But this time, the chocolate is a solid block on the end of a stirring stick instead of melted. Stacy preferred today's cup because the DIY step was easier. Yvonne said the solid chocolate robbed too much heat from the finished product, and she preferred yesterday's cup. Stacy preferred her crepe with raspberries and pralines while Yvonne preferred her chocolate slathered waffle. I hope the two ladies end this constant bickering soon.



I ♥ frambozen pannenkoeken
krokante pecannoton, slagroom en vanilla iss
choc-o-lait.be

November 22, 2006
Today we took a boat tour on the canals, so I got the see the men's restroom of the hospital of St John from the other side of the window. It was empty, but I wonder if anyone on yesterday's canal tour was as surprised as I to be looking at each other through the open window.

November 22, 2006
The Trappist beer Orval is one of my favorites tried so far. It’s brown and has a nice bitterness. Evan got a Brugse Zot. It's a nice wheat beer. Both have cool logos.

Jester beats fish in looks, but Orval beats Zot in taste.

Last night, we had the restaurant to ourselves for dinner. So we assumed we could get by without reservations at De Snippe. It was raining, and Stacy and a hard time rousing herself from a nap, so we had the hotel hail a taxi. That was fortunate, because De Snippe was closed for renovations. Our cab driver recommended an alternative, but it was also closed. We told him we wanted seafood, so he dropped us off near the square where the outdoor seafood market is held five days a week. Here there were several restaurants - both opened and closed. We read the menus posted outside and chose Vistro de Mosselkelde. The place was great. They offered five fixed-price menus and a huge variety of a la carte items.

One of the menus we perused that night (but did not choose)had an interesting dish. I don't know what sea wolf is, but any meat raped in bacon would probably be good.


Tomorrow, Jamey draws his first journal comic strip and the journal will never be the same again.