Brugge Trip: Carriage Tour

Once David, Micaela and James had begun their Segway tour, Emilie, Rebecca and I made our way back toward Market Square to take a horse-drawn carriage tour of Brugge.

Corner Madonna sculpture close to our hotel.

I had to take a picture of this store's sign. Emilie and Rebecca are both crazy about their little stuffed foxes George and Fanny.

I try not to employ the overly used adjective cute when describing things, but what other word can you use for this little chocolate boutique?

I allowed the girls to pick out one treat each and indulged myself a bit with some caramels. The woman behind the counter asked us a few questions about how we liked Brugge and when I said "very well and I'll be sure to write about your wonderful little shop in my blog," the poor woman went into a bit of overdrive. Her face lit up, she shoved a bunch of brochures into my hand and even followed us outside to give us a few additional free samples. I thought to myself, "Oh, dear. Did she think I do some kind of popular travel blog and is looking for some positive free press?"

Carriage tours depart from Market Square. I was hoping to take some photos, but the horse trotted at such a brisk clip, I figured I would get no good pictures and put my camera away.

After only about 15 minutes of riding through town, we arrived near the Beguinage, and were told by our guide that the horses get a 15-minute break.

There is a horse fountain nearby where all guides fill up a bucket with water for their horses to quench their thirst and each horse then munches on some grain.

There were many swans in the canal in front of the Beguinage and many tourists taking their picture.

Entrance to the Beguinage

After her short rest, Bella was ready to take us back to Market Square.