We were only 3 hours out of Calais and about half way through the journey we passed the city of Brugges, which we had contemplated visiting if we had time. We decided to take a spur of the moment detour into the city and are glad we did.
Brugges is a pretty place with canals that are much like Venice but somehow nicer and plazas to rival anything in Italy. The city center is full of little cafes and restaurants and chock full of tourists. The sun was shining which always helps too.
They have a great parking idea here too. If you park at the train/bus station on the edge of town (which is dead cheap at €0.50 per hour) you get a free bus ticket into town and back. The buses run every 2 minutes and have bus lanes so getting in and back is dead simple. This also means the city centre is very traffic light.
Leaving Brugges behind (another place we'll come back to) we headed on to Calais via a quick hypermarket stop for "supplies". We found a really delightful French site about 15 miles south of Calais to spend our last night of this epic tour.
Time for a shower and beer I think.
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