It rained overnight and was quite grey in the morning. We decided to make another attempt to go for a boat ride and we were successful although it rained again and trying to see out of this mall boat with umbrellas up was a bit of a challenge. The tour lasted about half an hour with our Belgian student guide who tried to make some English jokes, he actually asked us to name a famous Belgian, and the only answer we could come up with was 'waffle' As we got off the boat it started to rain again which forced us to go directly to a cafe for a life saving Cognac and coffee and watch the world go by for a while.
There were mixed views on where to go to lunch but as Jen and I were still full from a large English breakfast we decided to take a miss on lunch and wait till later. We walked around the town in areas not previously visited and took some more photos before deciding to have a 'Bratwurst' and a shared pack of chips with mayonnaise in the town square. AS the weather was quite grey and really not suitable for more photographs we headed back to the Hotel and ended up watching the Italian Grand Prix before having a quick siesta.
We all met up in the bar, apart from those who had left the group to head home, and as people were getting a little jaded a few of us stayed in the Hotel and had a snack in the cafe. To be honest we were not sure what qyulaity the food would be but the salads were great although the homemade chicken pie was more of a chicken vol-a-vent but still tasty. Once more we retreated to the bar for a few nightcaps and eventually headed off to bed.
Bruges is a nice town and its a shame so there were so many tourists there as it changing the style of the shops and making the restaurant prices expensive. Compared to the prices in Spain last week Bruges is defiantly very expensive to stay there .
