In Bruges, briefly

This morning I took a trip to Bruges, the renowned quaint little medieval Flemish city. I was excited to visit as it's a notoriously pretty place with cobbled streets, attractive canals and delightful bridges in a manner reminiscent of Venice.

However, today is the much-anticipated day of the Tour of Flanders - a huge cycling event that attracts people from all over Belgium to come and support their favourite cyclists. It also has the side effect of closing all the tourist attractions and making navigating the city an absolute nightmare due to road closures along the cycle route.

Consequently, I took in the sights, marvelled at how quaint it was, and cut my losses by heading to Ghent earlier than planned. It's probably for the best - according to a film I watched on the plane there's a couple of professional Irish hitmen laying low around here...Read more