my pet sister's birthday so we had dinner at my place. this is the common room any resident can book for free.
made jelly the day before.
overlay with clear jelly and fruits.
swedish birthday cake, aka. 'princess cake' with cool block candles.
waiting
laid table with one special chair
waiting
dinner: beggars chicken
wear by force
tiara and fur coat. really look like a queen
showing off her food.
my smudging jelly. still edible
dissecting the jelly
we cut out differnt letters. here i am ''seizing the 'day' ''
she is cutting up her 'happy'
the multilayerd princess cake: marzipan, sponge, biscuit, cream, custard
eating the suepr sweet flower.
group shot before clearing up. happy birthday!!
more beautiful buildings
cant remember what you call them. the small ones, you light a candle and the warm air causes the fan to turn on top. but this is huge and so it has a plug. when the fan turns, so do the little people and other figures on the different decks. very cool
church of the holy blood or somethign like that.
town hall
inside the town hall
door at the town hall
some japanese designer made this 'monument'. i see it as a car wash shed.
interesting letter box
church
canal
super long handle doorbell
first pub in bruges. serves charcoal cooked pancakes. too bad they dont have no smoking area. the whole room was filled with cigarette smoke, so we went somewhere else
outside of the pub
church of the holy blood
the tube thing in front of the priest holds some gauze supposedly containing the blood of Christ. well, the blood is still red, so i really wonder...
fluttering flag
sun passing through a tree hits a building giving it a cool mottled look
chocolate museum: demo of how pralines are made.
origins of cocoa
yes, i would like to have this and this and this and this and this and this please.
moon
night christmas market
chocolate beer! tastes good
sundial. I wonder how they read in winter or spring when the sun is so low on the horizon.
as usual, we had to get the highest floor and i lugged the luggage up.
another UNESCO heritage site, some belfry
old house
sarcophagus
whole silver
whole gold
ornate dome ceiling
mini church in stone on top of the doors
a michealangelo, rare that its out of italy
reflections
the city is full of them
tackling the belfry
lower levels, the remains of old clocks- huge arms
lower parts of the tower have broad steps
no graffiti
shiny steps, worn by years of tourists' feet
halfway bell
the steeper parts
the top deck, every day, the bells play a song as encoded by the music wheel
the view
view
366 steps up, and 366 steps down
exhausted
