Rolled in to Brugge on the train today and checked into Hotel Bonobo Apart. The woman at the desk lent us a guidebook of Brugge, gave us a ticket that will give us the "group rate" for all Brugge related activities, gave us the WiFi password, said we were allowed to sit on their terrace with our own food and drink, and gave us a list of recommended Brugge restaurants with their addresses, hours of operation and price ranges.
I mean, really?Above and beyond this, we have a kitchenette with a kitchen table, a small living room with satellite TV, a large bedroom, and a bathroom with a bathtub and a towel warming rack, naturally.
When I was here a few weeks ago (so briefly) it was rife with tourists and jerks. Of course my mom and I didn't fit either compartment, as our travel guide at the time advised us that we were, in fact, "travellers".
Regardless, I recall it was very early in our tour and we had little time on the ground and we also hadn't had lunch and so we did a brief tour but ended up spending the majority of our time in an overpriced restaurant because we needed to have lunch.
Today we wandered around looking at dinner prices for lunch and yeah: I thought Zermatt was pricey? Cor. For the second time we ended up at a sushi place which was: a) reasonable and b) very, very good. Tomorrow we will look for a supermarket. |
| View from our room. |
More importantly, however, is the Kookeet festival is on this weekend, which is essentially Brugge's top chefs offering up small plates over the weekend, plus cooking demonstrations and a couple of wine tents.
Anyways, I looked in to some of the nightlife in Brugge, and there's definitely a bit of a strange underbelly that juxtaposes the very expensive shops and restaurants here.
The next few days should be interesting!
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