Bruge & Ghent, Belgium

Pommes frites, monastery beer, thick waffles & world-renowned chocolates...What else could a little man need? Not much! Belgium really had everything on the shopping list of life. I visited the medieval towns of Bruge & Ghent, which were both spectacular! The buildings, squares, cathedrals & canals looked like they were right out of a story book.

The highlights for me were the fragrant horses that pranced around Bruge & the aforementioned pommes frites. Rumor has it that these are so tasty because of the local potatoes. However, the important lesson I learned is eat slowly, these things require chewing!

Among other things, I took a river boat cruise (which was a bit lame), ate some waffles with a vanilla shake & raided a chocolate shop. No doubt about it, the major souvenir from this trip can be seen in my thighs.