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Vive la...Belgians

So we spent two days commuting up to Brugges in Belgium. It's in the Flanders region of Belgium, which speaks Dutch and English, and the people there could not have been nicer. We were also blessed with an amazing tour by this lovely gentleman named Paul. I learned so much about Belgium which puts me at just a teensy bit of Belgian history. We also found out that these people have SUPER long memories. There is lots of ill will between France and the Flemish Belgians because of things that happened in the French Revolution. Apparently there were French rampages around that time which destroyed works of art in Belgium. The people in Brugge have neither forgiven nor forgotten. Also, Chris asked one of Paul's friends the difference between this flag which is the official Flemish flag, and this one which is the Flemish separatist flag. Apparently the separatists feel that Flanders should be it's own country, and because Belgium has only been a united country for 150 years, it's not a real country. Er...ok.

Anyway, pictures of Brugge will follow!

Labels: Travel

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