Live loose, don't lose!

7/16:

Took a shower after waking up. The breakfast provided by the hostel is truly nice; I should have bring some plastic bags for carry out :P

The crowded streets last night are still sleeping in the morning.



The first stop today is Alkmaar, where the famous cheese market is located.

Following the map from the train station staff, the cheese market is interesting, just like the street artists here.

And the best thing for me is that I found a discounted Rimowa suitcase for myself:

It’s from last season so I was able to get my favorite color with a fantastic price!

Then I went to Zaans Shans, also famous for the windmills but much easier to reach by train, which might be the reason why here seems much more popular for Asian tourists.......and I saw the lifting of bridge which I missed in London.



Then I took the train to Belquim.

The announcement on train was “beware of the pickpockets............”

I was definitely lucky to still have all my belongings with me since I fell asleep again on the train. :P



There seems to be something “special” too at the Brussels north station........while the modern skyscrapers at one side of south station made great contrast to the old houses at the other side.

Then the train passes by Ghent, where the hot ballons on the sky looks truly good.

But it’s really a little bit to far from big cities...........now I feel better that I didn’t apply for exchange to Ghent.

Finally after several hours of train ride, I arrived at Bruges in the evening.

I couldn't find a map since the tourist center was already closed so I spent two euros to take a bus.

The hostel tonight is again the upper stairs of a bar and the owner is also hospitable.

But this time I couldn't resist the smell of food so I went downstairs and ordered Musselen, the famous seafood dish here.

So the plate that cost more than the room tonight on the table was..............vegetable with oysters, which was truly salty.



I can tell it's not a bad deal considering the number of oysters in the plate.

But paying 20 euros for this...................I miss food in Taiwan!!

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早上起來先洗個澡，旅館附的早餐很不錯，好想跟其他人一樣打包一些走可惜我沒帶塑膠袋!

離開還沒睡醒的紅燈區前往Alkmaar尋找傳說中的起司市集，不但車站有很NICE的站務人員發地圖，

風雨無阻的起司市集也很有趣，不過最棒的莫過於用很漂亮的價格買到一個絕版的RIMOWA行李箱，

下午坐車到Zaans Shans，似乎是個比較有名的景點，滿街都是亞洲人，還在這看到了倫敦沒看到的開橋畫面，

逛了一圈後Lucky的趕上車前往比利時，但車長廣播居然是小心扒手@@，不過我還是不小心睡著了...好險東西都還在，

布魯塞爾北站似乎也有精彩的...，南站超現代化的建築對照周邊破舊的建築反差好大，

之後經過根特，雖然天上好多熱氣球看起來很漂亮，但真的是個頗為偏遠的地方...應該慶幸當初不是申請這嗎? :P

終於來到了布魯日，可是遊客中心已經關了找不到地圖，所以只好花兩歐坐公車，

今晚又是一個在bar樓上的hostel，老闆一樣的熱情，

只是這次樓下餐廳的食物味道實在太香所以忍不住就下樓點了有名的Musselen，

花了比住宿費還貴的餐費結果出現的是青菜燉蛤蠣.......

而且非常的鹹....雖然從蛤蠣的量可以明白這應該是個良心價但是20歐吃這個....我想念台灣!!!