Monday July 30th, 2007

Monday July 30th, 2007
9:36pm Pomperidge, Belgium Time
1:36pm Saskatoon time

Today we woke up to a freaking church bell that rang for like half an hour at 7:30am. Dad thought maybe it was some warning bell, but turns out it was to make sure people were on their way to church. We got up and headed to Brugge, Belgium, which is said to be the most beautiful city in Europe. We got there thanks for Lori, our GPS navigator. By the end of the day, her name was Melody, Verna, Gretta, Ingun, Hilda, Volso, Larva, Hagrid, etc. On our way to Brugge, we decided to drive along the coast. We stopped at the North Sea to take a walk on the beach. It was kinda chilly out, but the sun was shining! We were walking along towards the water, when dad just started running yelled "I GET TO TOUCH THE NORTH SEA FIRST!!" Real mature dad. The water wasnt very cold, but there were lots of pokey shells. Mom collected a few shells, while Shelby and I ran through the waves. We looked over, and dad was all amazed by this boat thing Turns out it was a tank thing that they used in the war. Its a 6wheeler on land, but its also a boat. It was made of steel and carried something like 2500kgs of equiptment. I could be wrong about the facts.After our visit to the North Sea, we pulled out Lori and headed to Brugge! On our drive, we passed a tower thing that resembled the Eiffel Tower. Mom thought we should take a picture of it, then photoshop our family in with our thumbs up, send it as our Christmas letter and tell people its the Eiffel tower. No one found this as funny as her, She laughed so hard she cried while the rest of us just looked at her. Once we got to Brugge, it took forever to find a place to park, then we caught a bus and headed to downtown. It was really gorgeous, but honestly...all of this part of Europe is kinda looking the same to me. We got pictures of waterfountains and amazing buildings. We went to a church, and it was...wow. For starters it was absolutely huge! The ceilings were massive, and the stainglassed windows were so detailed. Every inch of the walls and ceilings were intricately carved and designed. I cant believe they were able to build churches like that 100s of years ago. We walked around the village, looking at all the buildings. Each one was so different, even though they all looked the same. We saw massive old castle-looking buildings that were...i dont know what they were, but they were purdy. I guess you need to see pictures. We went and bought frites in the market, and had to pay 50Euros for ketchup. We were walking down the street, and some lady had a huge sneeze, then right after we hear this "UUUUUUGH!!!!" It was mom. How rude is she? She didnt mean to, but it caught her off guard. She yelled it when the lady was right next to her. Oh mom. The streets were absolutely packed with people, but stupid cars and motorbikes would speed past. I cant believe they dont hit people, it made me so mad. Stupid crazy Europeans. HAHAHA, and we saw these 3 old men sitting on a bench chatting away and making fun of things. They reminded me of Shaun, Mitch, and Tanner in 70years. It made me miss home.Lori got us home. We got home and ate supper, then Shelby decided to take a picture of everything. She's so odd.