Day 4 (December 20)

Hotel Dukes' Palace

Today we woke up at 8:00 A.M, and checked out of the De Keyser Hotel. We took two cabs all the way to the Hotel Dukes' Palace in Bruges. Once we arrived at the new hotel at 9:00 P.M, we went down to the mini breakfast buffet. We all decided to get scrambled eggs, sausage, and blueberry pancakes. It was very delicious and filling. After breakfast, we checked into our room.

Family Guy Season Five

We all settled down and put our stuff away at 11:00 P.M. We watched some Family Guy on the disk Yuval brought. The funniest episode was Barely Legal. In this episode, Meg falls in love with Brian after he takes her as her date to the Junior Prom. Also, Peter and his friends join the Quahog Police Department to help Joe with his work. At around 1:00 P.M, we all decided to call two cabs to go to the Historic Centre of Brugge (Culture).
We arrived at 1:45 P.M. It's a beautiful place that really showed us the beauty of Belgium. Roughly encircled by the Ring Canal, it's described as an outstanding example of a medieval settlement, which has maintained been well maintained over the centuries. When we started to explore, the canals and cobblestone paths looked aged. We learned that the buildings once housed merchants who sold leather, fish, and more. The buildings are used now as cafes, boutiques, and art galleries. Since, it's almost Christmas, lights, ice rinks, and markets were scattered everywhere. This prepared us for tomorrow. The horse carriages passing by made the place look majestic and peaceful.

Historic Centre of Brugge

We all took a skate at one of the rinks, and Trevor fell every minute we were there. It really made us all laugh. Once we exited, all of us started circulating throughout the stores. Max decided to buy a little plush snowman from one of the stores and Will bought a small box of chocolates from a stand. Once we got our fill of the place, it was 7:00 P.M. We called two taxis and drove back to the hotel. We were all exhausted from our long day. Everyone said their goodnights and went to sleep.