One Last Day in Brugge

After boarding the river boat on Sunday, November 14, we had a day in Antwerp, which I'll cover in another post, then we returned on a ship excursion to Brugge. One really nice part of the Viking River Cruises is that most of the excursions are included in the price of the cruise, unlike the large ocean going cruises.

So one more time to Brugge. This time the weather was sunny, and the crowds of the holiday weekend had left town.







Light and shadow play on an old medieval building with the scaffoled church tower in the background.







The Michaelangelo statue in the Notre Dame Cathedral. This marble statue was removed by the Germans in World War II, taken to Germany, hidden in salt mines, and later liberated by the Allies at the close of the war and returned to its place in the cathedral in Brugge.







Flower arrangement in the church...




And another one...







A lovely canal...

Perfect reflections in the canal...






Floating art glass...







Another canal...







The oldest bridge in Brugge.... Today it supports tour buses. Obviously those poor medieval builders knew nothing of planned obselence.







A Renaissance "Bridge of Sighs" simlar to the one in Venice.

Belgian lace made the old way...







And a topiary bay laurel tree...