Day 14 - Bruges Belgium

Today we got to explore the city of Bruges by horse and carriage. It's a beautiful city with cobblestone streets and a lot of pedestrian streets for shopping! We found out that Belgium is best know for lace (I had no idea) and chocolate (this one I knew!).

After our city "tour", we got to visit the one true handmade lace shop, The Irma Lace Shop. It's the only shop in the country of Belgium that is given permission to include a handmade card with their lace. They've got from 400+ lace makers to just at 150. The gentleman who presented to us said that if we came back in 10 years, there would be no authentic Belgium lace.

After our lace orientation we went on to a chocolate shop to learn how they make truffles and other chocolates. This was by far the highlight of the day, at least for me.

After lunch in Ypres, we went and visited a WWI museum, Flanders Fields. It opened in 1998 and is as devoted to the promotion of peace as it is the remembrance of war.

Next came a 3 hour bus ride to Paris!!