Bruges; our home base.
Bruges Belltower (in the movie "In Bruges" according to Jagdeep.)
I’m travel fatiguing! I can’t remember which city I’m in or which city I just came from.
Brussels; Capital of the European Union
And I’m losing enthusiasm for museums and sites. Brussels and Bruges were both beautiful cities with loads of gothic architecture. But there didn’t seem to be a whole lot to SEE at either place. Some things we did were visit a brewery, see the famous Manneken Pis statue in Brussels. It’s a very small fountain of a little boy peeing. That took about 45 seconds to look at. Jen and I also checked out the comic book museum. I was hoping for more western comics but it focused mostly on Anime (hence the Japanese
Schtroumpfs
pictures) and European comics. Did you know the Smurfs were originally Belgian? They were originally called Schtroumpfs (pronounced shtroompfs). We watched a few cartoons of them and from what I could 
gather, they replaced words with “schtroumpf” a lot just like our smurfs. While the comic book museum wasn’t schtroumpf-tastic, it was still fun to see. On our way back to the Brussels train station to go back to Bruges, Jen and I stopped in a Belgian casino just out of curiosity. We thought we
could just walk in but they needed passports, occupation, digital
Manneken Pis - Dressed up for an upcoming soccer match.
pictures of us, and address for free membership. So of course we did it! We looked at their slots, I used their toilet, then we left. The guard at the door must have thought we were idiots since we spent more time signing up than we did in the casino but he didn’t show any sign of it at all. If you’re looking for really good customer service in Europe, head to a Casino!
Bruges
