In Bruges

Bruges. What an adventure. Charlotte kindly dropped s off at the train station and we boarded our train. We had a connection in Lilles and barely made the train. About an hour into the train ride, I start trying to read the train sign that is saying the next stop and the ending stop. We are on the wrong train. But this was not a stupid American mistake- there were 8 of us on the wrong train trying to get to Bruges... Train stations faul. The conductor prints off new tickets tells us to get off and get on the right train going to Bruges. We oblige (all 8 of us). It was the wrong train. It had arrived two minutes before ous so we assumed it was the right one. Got off at the next stop, took the same train back and waited for the right train this time. We did finally make it.
Bruges was beautiful. Small and quaint. We toured the church, hospital, brewery, and chocolate factory. Our hostel had a free walking tour which we took and ended up hanging out all night with the other travelers all night. Quite the adventure.
We tried belgium beer, chocolate and fries. Off to a good start. We've safely made it to our net destination- hopefully this city will prove as exciting as Bruges!!