In Bruges

Out of all the places that I've been, I have to say I would always be happy to go to the Benelux - not that I've been to many of them but they are somewhere I could go back to time and time again. Out of them I have only visited Belgium, but there is something about the place that keeps attracting me back. Its fair to say I'm one for cafe culture, and from that its very easy just to sink into these places. I have this very European attitude whereby I can quite happily sit in a cafe all day providing the coffee is good and watch the world go by - the same thing just doesn't seem to work in Starbucks.

The first photo is from Bruges, its quite the famous photo but taken from a different angle, just round the corner missing the clock tower. Its a special photo for a lot of reasons, not just because I like it as a picture. I also have it as a painting produced by my father which sat by my desk at work for about two years giving me something wonderful to look at!



Moving slightly further, I've only ever spent a day in Ghent. It wasn't really long enough to get a good impression and I need to go back for a while just to soak into the place a little more. But whilst wandering through I noticed some quite astounding graffiti on the side of a shop it really did stop me in my tracks.