Bruges in November... a lovely site

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St. Stephankirche in the cetre of town and the canal 		Bruges - 37
One of the lovely houses along the canal 		Bruges - 1
The backside of the Hospitalier complex (also the memling Musem)... and di d I mention a canal?

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Oh, and did I mention that Bruges has lots of gorgeous canals?

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The central square...		 Bruges - 40
Old buildings...		 Bruges - 39
... and a house on a canal...
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I forget what this was, but isn't it lovely. it was, however, just up the street from the little shop that sold windmill cookie molds, but that was shut when we tried to go back to buy one (sob). 		Bruges - 34
We were too early for the Christmas Markt, but not too early that the scaffolding was being set up in the town square, obscuring the Hôtel de Ville 		Bruges - 67
Digital film simply cannot capture the beauty of a sunset. This was one of the most sublime sunsets I have seen in a long time - defines vermillion, in fact - but as it is here, just a nice street scene.
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Bruges Cathedral: a remarkable structure
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The tombs of Mary of Burgundy and Charles the Bold int he cathedral. Can you tell what attracted me to his tomb?
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And finally, the whole raison d'etre for going to bruge (other than Belgian beer, choclate and frites, fo course) is the medieval technology on display. Here are only two of the four early-modern windmills on the NW city wall/berm, and also a replica (perhaps 1/3 scale) of the famous Bruges quayside crane made famous in Breughel's and others' paintings from the 15th century.