(PLease click to enlarge). Excited about what I’m seeing and had to fire off some pics to you even though it is late~
Brugge is best at close of day when all the tourists leave.
The tourist boats are quiet and the sun begins to go to bed.
The canals get still,
reflecting Brugge.
At dusk it’s hard to see where water starts and land begins.
At night the swans come out,
to swim with fairies.
Cheers to you from Brugge at dusk~
I need to visit. Great shots.
I hope you do you will be very glad you did!
Stunning reflections, Cindy. Love the architecture and the swans. 🙂
Tonight I was up close and personal with about 30 swans including one black one! Post them soon……They are very friendly! Cheers to you my friend~
Magical.
Best adjective! Thank you~
Maybe we should add Germany to our list of places to visit. 🙂 Very beautiful.
Germany is a beautiful country with lovely rural towns, green countryside, flower boxes, scnhitzel, gorgeous rivers and friendly people, besides music, culture……. If you go once, you want to go again!
Amazing shots of an other worldly looking place – thanks for sharing.
Thank you for appreciating!
And now go to Leuven….see the old centre recreated after 1914 and the beguinages…
I love Brugge….but Leuven is still alive.
Oh sounds fascinating! Today we are taking the train from Brugge to Knnoke for a day trip~
Beautiful pics! Have lots of fun on your trip! Hugz Lisa and Bear
Hi Cindy! Gorgeous! I want to go to Brugge!
I sincerely hope you do!
Absolutely beautiful, dear Cindy… Thanks for sharing… It is somehow a way of “being there”…
Best wishes! Aquileana 🙂
It is lovely to have you along my friend!
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Cindy Knoke is travelling and here are some of her photographs from Brugge – we lived in Brussels for a couple of years and spent some time in this wonderful place – Venice without the odours! The restaurants are fantastic and I recommend the Fish soup and the chocolates….
I will try the fish soup! I have seen it on the menu. Must have been so lovely to live near here. We leave for Brussels by train tomorrow!
If you have time you might like to pop out about 20 minutes between Waterloo where we lived (great battle museum) and Brussels – Hotel du Lac – stunning views over lake and wonderful food. http://www.martinshotels.com/en/hotel/chateau-du-lac/restaurant/genval-les-bains have a safe trip and enjoy..
Thank you for sharing your wonderful photographs with us. It is several years since I have been in Brugges so it was lovely to be reunited with this lovely city!
It is a quiet peaceful city seemingly far removed from the strife of the world!
Thank you & you too!
I’m impressed you managed to take so many pictures and no chocolate shop on sight! It’s a lovely place but it seemed impossible to find anywhere with no chocolate shops within a few metres distance!
Very true! One has to leave the tourist center and go to the outskirts to find the quiet Brugge and stay overnight as even the center gets quiet after 6pm! But chocolate, oh yes, everywhere!!!
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Hello ! What city is?
Brugge in Belgium and thanks so much for the reblog! Cheers to you~
Love is seen to be a very nice place. you’re welcome
Gorgeous pics! I have been there, and it is beautiful, and often overlooked as a tourist destination, although it still feels busy. Really enjoyed your post.
So glad you did and cheers to you too! 🙂
I almost missed the little statues in those windows I was watching the swans float by and then one of those kids up there through a rock 🙂 haha
Hmmmm……..sounds exciting!
haha… in my imagination that is: I was looking at your picture and can see up in the windows a bunch of little figures standing in the window seals. Made me think of that…. 🙂
Ahhh, now I understand. They do have a lot of puppets and life size figures in the windows so I can see where your imagination is taking you!!! 🙂
I love the tranquility you’ve captured in those pictures. Wonderful picturesque buildings, although I expect they get flooded in the basements sometimes but I expect they’re designed to withstand too much structural damage. I assume the city isn’t sinking, like Venice is!
Not like Venice no, where you have to slosh into St Peters, the canals are lower, but it does have a similar feel to Venice although much quieter in the evenings and Flemish not Italian, so different…..
now you just need to add that sexy babe Colin Ferrel…ooO. What a movie. They did not do justice to Brugges, as you did–but when do they…have a lovely weekend, my esteemed friend. 🙂
Cindy–sorry for the typo–will you please fix…:)
Hi Cindy!!! your Photos are beautiful !!! My favorite one is the nite photo with the swans !! 🙂 Thank You for liking my Charcoal drawing !!! 🙂 *Cynthia
You are most welcome & cheers!
Beautiful photos here. Would love to see it some time. Looks so historic and full of charm. Thanks for visiting my blog site recently. The best to you with yours, as well. .
Welcome and glad you enjoyed! Cheers to you~
You have gotten some fantastic shots! Thanks for sharing them 🙂
Thank you more for appreciating them!
It’s such a lovely place but I visited once when it was freezing cold!
Yes! I hear it can get quite chilly especially in the winter I imagine! It is coolish now, but the sun comes out everyday!
Stunning!
It is like the land that stress forgot……and crime and violence!
Gorgeous photos! Thanks for sharing them with us. I’ve dreamed of going there since I read a Longfellow poem about the town. Have a terrific time!
I hope your dream comes true very soon! It is all you hope it will be! ❤
I am transfixed by these stunning pictures and the peaceful beauty.
Hi Dorr, we are in Brussels now, just arrived. It was hard to leave peaceful Brugge~
The reflections are so great. I love reflection in photography!
Yep, me too, an image of an image! Love em~
Lovely architecture! What a beautiful place (that I’ve missed so far)!
Well, I had too, until this trip! So happy you enjoyed~
Awesome place! And of course the photos are fantastic 🙂
You are biased and I love you for it!!! 😉
Wao !!
What a classy place to visit
Amazing shots, just love them ….
Well I am honored and so happy you like Brugge too!
Brugge looks very inviting!
It is precisely so!
Got to, got to, got to get there!
Then I fully expect you will, soon!!! I look forward to your trip!
Reflection shots are some of my favorites…it is such a great way to take another look at a place, although I have to admit my favorite shot it the last one with the swans, just a classic!
Awww, so honored when you take note of the photos and I love reflection shots too, they are like a metaphor for the limitations of visual perception~
That is a perfect explanation of reflections…there is always something emotional that is captured in reflections ~
Reflections photos great!!! 🙂
So happy you enjoyed and cheers!
I had a fascination with the canals the entire time I was in Europe. It didn’t matter the country, I loved them equally.
I agree they are so picturesque and exotic to us!
This pictures look taken out from some sort of magical child´s book, is there really a village like that…..
That is exactly what it feels like too, a fairytale land!
Absolutely beautiful!!!!
Awww thank you my friend and so happy you came by for a visit! Cheers to you~
Muchas gracias mi amiga!
Cindy! I have fallen in love with Brugge!!! It is a dream, a fairy tale filled with dreams that delight in anticipation of what can possibly be around the next corner! Where is Brugge?
It is in Belgium, an easy train ride from Brussels, should you be thinking of going for yourself to find the fairies around the corners!!! 🙂
I am truly tempted! “-)
❤