Getting ready for Brugge, Belgium

Today we visited a city called Brugge in Belgium with a local bus tour. We didn’t know much about the city when we booked the tour, but according to the tour literature, Brugge is the most charming town in Belgium and known as “the Venice of the North.” So it should be beautiful and worth the trip.

The bus would leave its tour office for Brugge at 7:15am, which meant we had to leave our hotel around 6:15am to catch the Metro to make sure we didn’t miss the bus. It was quite early and Metro station was quiet and empty. Either the weight on Metro was light or I was excited to visit Belgium, I felt that the Metro ride this morning was faster and more pleasant than usual.

By the time we got to the tour office at 7am, there were plenty of people waiting for their buses to different destinations. Needing to use the restroom and inject some caffeine to wake us up, we went to the café across the street. These must be the most expensive coffee and tea I’ve ever had in my life. Each cup holds about 5oz of coffee and tea, and each cup costs $4.50 Euro. I had to sip it slowly instead drinking it like the way I usually do. Every single drop literally costs 50 cents.


So, when our bus came, we were like, “wow, it’s a double-decker bus. Cool!” We’d never rode one before, and this would be an exciting ride! Actually, Spencer was definitely more excited about the bus than me. Haha. The bus ride from Paris to Brugge was about 4 hours, including a 30-minute break in the middle of the journey. The bus was quite comfortable and the ride was easy and smooth.