Birthday Bash in Bruges and Brussels
It's been two months since I took Tom on his mystery birthday trip. He was traveling when I was planning the trip so I was sending him hints by e-mail on where we were going. Hints like: One of the cities we are visiting has been called the Venice of its country. The country we are visiting is serious about its beer and its not Germany. We are visiting two cities in a country with two official languages. He wasn't really into the guessing game though. I eventually did tell him where we were going. So, when we were packing for the trip, he already knew we were going to Belgium to visit Bruges and Brussels. The Bell Tower I did an earlier blog that included photos of our eating and drinking exploits, featuring a lot of photos from our Belgium trip. I never really shared any photos or information about the other stuff we did while on that trip. Seeing as how I've got to get around to returning the Rick Steves guidebook I borrowed to plan the vacation, I figu