Brugge

went to brugge on the weekend and its gorgeous... quaint in some parts, impressive in others. its a city that can cater to all tourists. our hostel was 14euro a nite, and it was a nice hostel (snuffel on ezelstraat). we got a beer card from them, where we could try 5 local beers, for 9 euro. thats a fine offer i thought, and got one. didnt know the beers were full sized ones! i thought theyd just be middies or something, but no, full bottles or a glass that was less than a pint but more than a middy. i had Duvel, delerium (9%), Brug (a witbier that i really liked, tasted like xmas spices, cinamon, cloves, ginger...), a dark one that i didnt like, and i forget the other. they were all really nice, cept for the dark one, and i dont like dark beer anyway.

we went and had waffles for breakfast, which were very nice!! we bought heaps of chocolate, and just walked around taking pics, eating, or talking to ppl we'd met at the hostel. the pics are in the pics section under Brugge, so have a look!

the canal tours are 30mins and only about 5 euros! bargain! thats the coolthing about brugge, you can find thigns for all the price ranges. we had italian for dinner for about 6euros (without wine), waffles for 5, and a 4 course chinese for 17,50. thebeers at the hostel were really cheap (happy hour you could get beer for 1 euro)... you can go there, have the full tourist experience, for a cheap price. you can do things for free as well of course, its the kinda town where you can walk around with a map and a book and just find out about the city and the landmarks. its gorgeous tho, canals, chocolate, horse drawn carriages... its so picturesque and quaint! it feels lik eyou step back in time...

we went to this sweets shop, which was a bit of a trek (and randomly located) who is run by this 89yr old lady, and shes been running it for 50 years! it was all over the plcae, disorganised but i got a water for 50c BARGAIN! she was really sweet, trying to talk to the others but i was really theo nly one who could communicate with her since im the only one who really can speak any dutch. she had signs saying "disciplne and respect" taped up everywhere lol i guess aimed at toursits, she didnt speak much english and the signs were in english lol

we left brugge, both deciding that we wanted to live there! so pretty... loved it... and we went to amsterdam to stay at hans brinker hostel which had the grumpiest receptionist ever! but it was ok, we had showers in our rooms! WOO! no trekking all over the hostel! but we went out, got chatted up by a random turkish guy who worked in the restaurant we were at. he kept on interrupting our convos and stuff, he knew torey coudltn really speak much dutch, but he kept talking dutch anyway, so i guess he was chatting me up. nice ot know i generate some interest! but he was creepy, trying to get us to go to smokeys which was a coffeeshop/bar across the road so he could have a drink with us later. we just got the bill and left....... RUN AWAY! we ended up having a smoke anyway, i cant remember the name of the place, but it was chill, and cheap. we had this MASSIVE bong, it wasnt easy to use. torey got stupid straight away, getitng all weird and talking real crap, i couldnt follow it. then she like, passed out and slid off the couch onto the floor mid ramble. it was friggin weird. i was pretty stoned by that stage too but i still had enough sense to be like duuude, youre wasted, lets go outside. we both then decided we just wanted to be in a blanket in bed, so after getting a little lost, i managed to navigate the way home. amazing. stoned, and rambling shit about how pollies should get indercover agents to come work as an aupair to see how ripped off they get, and how uch trivial shit these ppl spend their money on, itll convince them to raise the taxes on the rich and lower them on the poor! and i STILL managed to find our way home. NICE. dont tell me i cant keep my head! but it reminded me why i dont smoke weed, it just burns the shit outta my throat, i hate that feeling. so, not gonna be in a hurry back into the coffeeshops anytime soon, dont worry mum n dad. smoking isnt something i like, even if you do get something out of it (unlike smoking ciggs where all you get is lung cancer).