I was really sad to be leaving our beautiful room in this beautiful little cliffside town. I mean really sad. I’m not sure we will ever return but the time we spent here was incredibly special. I will remember it for the rest of my life. What a beautiful part of the world.
We had breakfast at another restaurant. Our regular place was closed because the staff was taking the day off after the late night party (and they usually take Mondays off). We had focaccia with Parma ham and cheese and focaccia with Nutella. Both were delicious.
We finished packing up and then headed to the train station.
Stairs. More stairs. I’m glad we packed relatively light because we hauled our our stuff up and down so many stairs today.
We got to the station early enough to sneak on an earlier train and then hung out in La Spezia to catch a train to Pisa, then on to the Pisa Airport via the Pismover. Yes, that’s the name.
We found a place to sit down and have a sandwich and coffee before we could check in for our 4:25pm flight to Brussels.
We cleared security quickly and hung out at the gate as the area grew more and more crowded. Our plane finally started to board around 1/2 an hour late and took off a good hour later than scheduled. Seems like time is relative in Italy. Trains late, planes late. You just have to relax and go with it.
We flew on Ryan Air on a 737-8 Max. I don’t like flying in general and flying in a Max with all the troubles they’ve had doesn’t help. Nonetheless, we arrived safely after a smooth flight.
Ryan Air is a discount airline akin to Spirit. It was…cheap.
We got in an hour later than expected but our driver Dino (not Nico) was still waiting for us so we were quickly off to Bruges. An hour later and we were at the door of our B&B being greeted by the owner and his dog and a lovely lady who gave us the tour of our incredible B&B.
Ummm, this place? Incredible. On the ground floor a working fire place, two cozy chairs, Nespresso maker and fridge.
Top floor up the spiral staircase, the bedroom.
On the lower floor, bathroom with a huge tub and a door that leads out to a little canal with a sitting area. (Bruges is the Venice of Belgium.)
This place is amazing and really reasonably priced.
While looking out the window from the top floor we saw a little kitty staring back at us. We went down to the bathroom and opened up the door and an adorable cat ran up to us for pets.
And then promptly ran inside and up the stairs. I’m sure she’s done this before.
We let her out the front door and then sat with her in the garden for a while.
It was 9pm and we hadn’t eaten so we headed to the main square and got some fries and a bratwurst. The fries were good but I ate about a 1/3 before I said uncle.
Bruges is as cute as we remembered from our first trip here. I’m looking forward to exploring areas we haven’t seen yet.
We headed back to the room and washed up and called it a day. Oh, I had a fresh waffle with Nutella on it. Nutella on focaccia in Italy in the morning and Nutella on a Belgian Waffle (they just call it a waffle) here in Bruges. Not a bad way to book end a day.
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