Good bye Belgium, hello Amsterdam. We’re sitting on a train again, this time the journey is about 3.5 hours. Train rides are a really good time to write blog entries, since there’s not much else to do, although reading the guide books about our next destination seems to be taking its spot as the solid runner-up. I’ve seen a bunch of hot air balloons on this train ride, not really sure why, maybe gas prices here are so high that those actually become affordable modes of transport…maybe not… it is worth noting that when we left London, gas(petrol) was almost £1/liter–$8/gallon. Crazy.

I took in all the normal Belgium things: waffles, chocolate, fries(frites), beer, and as Eli mentioned ealier, the steamed mussels. I’m only really impressed by the beer, although the waffle I did have was pretty yummy, it still wasn’t anything spectalular. The beer however was quite good, especially, the unfiltered wit(wheat) we got directly from the brewery. You can also buy beer out of vending machines here, Neato!

Today we paid yet another admission fee €5/pp for the Bruges clock tower, 366 steps later, we were at the top, hands over our ears listening to the tower play its hourly symphony. I was absolutely amazed by the mechinacs of the clock, so many gears and pulleys, everything working together to keep time AND play music. Simply amazing.

Thats it for now.

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