Quite nice to watch the movie In Bruges again on the plane while typing this,
After 3 days in Amsterdam, our group of 10 headed out at 9am to catch a direct 10:08am train to Brussels, with a quick connection onwards to Bruges.
Arriving at the train station, we considered the free Bruges centrum shuttle but found out it was too small to even handle luggage. So we hailed 2 Uber vans instead, where one of our Uber drivers somehow for life of him could no longer find his phone before beginning our drive. Despite spending a few minutes trying to find it for him around the car, under our seats, or in the trunk, he insisted to drive us to our hotel and find it later. I hope he finds it!
Checking into our fancy hotel at Hotel Navarra Bruges, we linked up with the rest of the squad as Jay, Jason, and Christina arrived to check in around the same time.
One of my favorite cities in Europe, now with friends and loved ones to share the love with:
Our subsequent afternoon walking tour resembled that of the one I took 8 years ago, where you can see everything as a tourist within 3-4 hours. After our stroll, we reconvened for a reservation I made at a lovely rooftop restaurant at Oda Rooftop Bruges:
There Gina got a last minute ticket to Tomorrowland and took a day trip from Brussels just to have dinner with us:
After dinner, we jammed for a bit at an outdoor street party outside the bar and headed back to to the hotel for its complimentary sauna and pool on the first floor:
From what I heard before I went to bed, the hotel bar here makes the best gin and tonics.
The next morning we all lazily got up at different times of the day to link up with an Ambassadors free walking tour before heading onwards on an afternoon train to Brussels.
- At time of posting in Bruges, it was 13 °C - Humidity: 93% | Wind Speed: n/a | Cloud Cover: clear