Bruge, Belgium
I almost forgot to upload a post for this trip! In December 2017 myself, Billy and our friends Chris and Chloe did a day trip to Bruge, Belgium to see the Christmas Markets.
It was such a long day, starting at around 4 in the morning! We chose a coach trip as it was cheap. We had to be at the depo for around 6 (if I remember correctly) and we didn't arrive back to the depo until about 8ish that night!
The coach trip was pretty bleak but thanks to good friends we made it bearable. When we arrived in Bruge it was FREEZING! There was snow on the ground and there was Christmas lights everywhere (my fav).
Me and Billy decided to grab something quick and small to eat so that we didn't waste any time. We had burgers from a burger van and went straight towards the market. The market isn't what we was expecting at all. It was really really small. We had a look around the market and bought some cute Christmas Tree decorations and ate LOADS. We had chocolate covered grapes, Belgium waffles and Bailey's hot chocolates.
As the market was really small, we got round the whole thing in around 1.5 hours. The streets of Belgium are gorgeous though, all cobbled streets and small family run shops. We spent a good few hours looking in the shops and buying trinkets. We bought this chocolate liqueur which was 75%! It was so strong and we actually only finished the bottle at Christmas just gone (2018).
After a few hours in the brisk weather, it was time to get back on the coach to head home. The journey home from Belgium was worse than the journey there. It seemed so much longer and we were all so tired.
We did have plans to go for dinner but we were all so tired that we just went home and had a takeaway.
