Legally Blonde's Proceedings

Thursday, December 15th began in sunny, but cold, Bruges.  I find that people don't stir very early in Europe and towns like Bruges, which are day trip destinations, tend to be especially sleepy in the morning and just a great time to wander.   I walked to a breakfast place called That's Toast Then I went for a walk through an area of town I hadn't gone through the day before. Saint John's Hospital (founded in the mid-12th Century) Church of Our Lady Next I went to the Beginhof This is a place where religious women live.  They aren't necessarily all nuns, though Benedictine nuns do live in one of the buildings.  There are signs up telling you to be silent, so it's usually peaceful to walk around. After walking around until about 11:30, I checked out of the hotel and took a train to Brussels.  My hotel in Brussels was very near the Central Train Station so I walked about a block and checked into my hotel.  I set out to get some lunch, walking through the Grand Pl