25th July - Bruges

Had breakfast in the morning which was €3. Ate toast and chocolate spread. And Lu had really weird chocolate sprinkles, made to eat on toast! Belgians aye?
We decided to be really productive, so we looked at the map we were given and planned to rent a bike but it turned out to be pointless as the bike rental shop was further away from the hostel than the town was.

First we were going to see “Christ’s blood” but got distracted on the way and visited the chocolate museum. It was €5 and we took some chocolate buttons on the way in. We learnt some really cool stuff about chocolate like did you know... chocolate can reduce cholesterol AND prevent cavities?! We watched a chocolate demonstration and got to eat some chocolate that had been made in front of us! I also stole a piece of chocolate from a statue too. It was gross though – in my bag all day and it didn’t even melt.

After that we went on the quest for “Christ’s blood” again. Found it in a big church. We were quite intimidated by everyone being all religious so I took a picture and we left.
Went to the “Frisbee and cute asses” park, (labelled as that on our map.) smoked our Amsterdam leftovers and nearly fell asleep. As Alex was taking pictures, some guy on a bike came up and offered to take a photo. We were a bit wary in case he stole the camera or something but then he just started rambling. He told us he was a rapper (M.C.Curls) and demonstrated his “skillz” a few times. He told us his political views and I switched off for a bit until he started talking religion. He told us he was a protestant. M.C. Curls then asked us if we were lesbians. The conversation went a bit like this:
M.C. Curls: Are you lesbians?
All: No!
M.C.Curls: Oh good, ‘cause I don’t like all that gay stuff, it’s not what God intended.
I proceeded to ignore him after that and glare at him from under my sunglasses. The narrow-minded prick. I was about to tell him I was a lesbian, but then he left and tried to force his views on others...probably.

On our handy map, it told us of a place where you can buy a KILO of pancakes for under €5! They were all sold out when we got there though, so we went to get some food from another cheap place the map had recommended. It was full so we went to “Pasta Presto” across the street. I had a really yummy lasagne and we sat outside in the sun.
After our food we went back to the hostel. I had a lush shower. We didn’t really plan anything so I wrote in my journal and we listened to some music. It was a nice relaxing evening.