Bookloverkelli: Bruges: Day Seven and Eight

Looks like a good morning for a road trip.

We drove two and a half hours into Bruges Belgium today.
(anybody see the movie) haha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruges

The infamous tower from the movie "In Bruges." There are 366 steps and it was built in 12th century





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	This church was built in 1157. It is one of the 16 Catholic Churches in the city of Bruges.

"The Basilica of the Holy Blood (Dutch: Heilig-Bloedbasiliek, French: Basilique du Saint-Sang) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica in Bruges, Belgium. Originally built in the 12th century as the chapel of the residence of the Count of Flanders, the church houses a venerated relic of the Holy Blood allegedly collected by Joseph of Arimathea and brought from the Holy Land by Thierry of Alsace, Count of Flanders. Built between 1134 and 1157, it was promoted to minor basilica in 1923.
The 12th-century basilica is located in the Burg square and consists of a lower and upper chapel. The lower chapel dedicated to St. Basil the Great is a dark Romanesque structure that remains virtually unchanged. The venerated relic is in the upper chapel, which was rebuilt in the Gothic style during the 16th century and renovated multiple times during the 19th century in Gothic Revival style."

What was once the Provincial Palace has been the post office since 1887.

Bruges is famous for their mussels, beer and waffles. I

did two out of three. :-)

Not sure what this is, but it is a cool statue.

She is reading a book.

These were in a Bruges canal. In 1488, Maximilian of Austria was imprisoned by the citizens of Bruges, and his advisor was beheaded. When Maximilian was freed, he ordered Bruges to keep swans in its canals in perpetuity as a punishment for the crime of imprisoning him.