This morning we hung around Brugge for a little longer, and Robyn bought another 40 Euros of chocolate because she started eating the first purchase. We eventually made our way to the train station to head to Ghent where we are spending the night. The train ride was a bit wild. We originally were going to take a 12:17 train that was going to Ghent and then on to Antwerp essentially the same train that we took in from Antwerp. But as we were standing on the platfo...

Today's plan was a quick train trip up to Brussels to see what it was like and head back Brugge. The train ride is about an hour and from the Brussels Central station it is about a 10 minute walk (20 for us) to the Grand Place. Robyn primarily wanted to see the Grand Place and the Manneken Pis. If you have never heard of the Manneken Pis it is a statue of a small boy who is naked and holding his Jolly-******, wee-wee, Mr. Winkle, and taking the eternal ****. When...

At the start of every day I wonder if there will be anything interesting to write about, and then I remember this is Mark & Robyn (i.e. the Fat Idiot Tourist and wife). We started the day with an early train trip from Amsterdam to Antwerp where we switched to an Intercity line to Brugge. When we got to the station in Amsterdam I noticed all of the trash receptacles were full. I didn't think much of it because it was early until an announcement was made that d...