Bruges, Brussels, Ghent

We met up with Bryan's family in Belgium.  Renae, Lydia, Emily, and Brayden flew in from the states and Rachel and Brent came over from England.  We spent six days with them and then the following weekend with them.  We had a fabulous and stressful time.

 Bruge is beautiful.  We could have spent more than the afternoon there.  Kate really enjoyed all the horses pulling carriages.  We went to the Coco Story and learned about how they Belgians make chocolate.  Totally worth it.  You get fed so much chocolate, it almost pays for the ticket.  The chocolate is definitely better here.

 Bruges, Belgium

 We stayed at a great farm house with lots of fun stuff for the kids; swing sets, go-karts, games, highchairs, bicycles, and cribs.  The kids probably preferred staying at the farm house over seeing the tourist spots.  I got to ride the bike to France because it was only 5 km away.  I just wanted to say I road my bike to France.

 Brussels, Belgium

Manneken-Pis was the main attraction of Brussels, oh, and the Belgium waffles.  The street vendors made the most delicious waffles.  I could have eaten 10 of them.  Manneken-Pis is a little statue that represents the history of Brussels.  Every now and again, the city dresses the little statue in clothes for the holidays or a celebrations.  The little statue has over 800 outfits.  

 Cousin picture.

Menneken-Pis

Kate and Bryan is front of the church that house the famous artwork "Adoration of the Mystic Lamb".  It is an alter piece that has been stolen several times; a piece is still missing.