Despues de Bruselas, nos esperaba Brujas. Si estais pensando que el nombre se refiere a algun hecho historíco como paso en Salem o que era un lugar de refugio para ese tipo de mujeres, os equivocais. El nombre de Brujas viene de una traducción de Brugges, que en Flamenco significa puentes. Sus habitantes la consideran la "Venecia del norte", por su gran cantidad de canales y puentes decorados pero, por supuesto, no tiene comparación con la ciudad de la laguna.
Una vez llegamos a Brujas nos dimos cuenta que la ciudad no era tan grande como parecía en el plano, por lo cual decidimos visitarla andando. Nada más salir de la estación hay un parque con muchos arboles y muy verde, el pulmón de la cuidad. Sin embargo ese no es el encanto de esta población. La mayor atracción de Brujas es su nucleo historico, una ciudad medieval por la cual cruzan decenas de canales y en la que hay varias iglesias, torres y edificios bonitos de esa época. A pesar de eso, nada más entrar en la ciudad Sergio dijo que teníamos que ir de compras y le concedimos esa petición, menos mal que la fiebre de las compras no le duro mucho y pudimos adentrarnos en el centro a visitarlo.
Nos aventuramos a hacerlo sin plano porque no hay una ruta predeterminada y todas las cosas importantes estan juntas. Cuando íbamos hacia la plaza central para empezar nuestra visita y nos sorprendieron 3 hombres que iban vestidos de tunos y que, además, llevaban banderas mexicanas en las mangas. Resultó que iban vestidos así porque aprovechaban las visitar a las ciudades para tocar durante un tiempo y así poder pagarse parte del viaje. Cuando ya nos empezabamos a saturar de edificios históricos vimos un albergue bastante famoso en Brujas que tiene un bar parecido al Hard Rock Cafe y las cervezas son las mas baratas de toda la ciudad. Un sitio recomendable al que acudir.
Para finalizar el día, nos fuimos a la estación y pasamos 15 minutos buscando los horarios de trenes hacia la siguiente ciudad. Preguntamos, al no encontrarlo, y nos dijeron que teníamos que hacer dos cambios de tren, en uno de los cuales conocimos a los primeros mochileros del viaje.
After Brussels, it was the turn of Brugges. It is a city known as the Venice of the north, although it is impossible the comparison, by their inhabitants, who think this because of its great number of canals and decorated bridges. In fact, that's the reason it is called Brugges, the meaning of this term is bridges in Flemish.
Once we arrived to the city, we found out that it isn't as big as it appears in the map, so we decided to visit it on foot. Just getting out of the station, there is a nice park full of trees and vegetal life which is the lung of the city, however that is not the charm of Brugges. The main atraction of the place is its historical center, it is a medieval town wich is crossed by dozens of canals and where there are beautiful churches, towers and buildings of the middle age. However, as soon as we entered in the city, Sergio decided that we had to go shopping and we conceded that request. Fortunately, that shopping fever was soon over and we could keep watching the city.
We wanted to walk around without a map because there was not a predetermined route and everything to see was placed in the center. As we were going to the central square to start the real visit of Brugges, we found three men dressed as "Tunos" (they are university students who form a band that play typical spanish songs in exchange of money) and with the mexican flag in their sleeves. They told us that they dressed in that way because they were visiting the cities and playing for a while to finance their trip. Later, when we were getting tired of seeing buildings, we went to a Hostel quite famous in Brugges because it is similar to the Hard Rock Cafe and the beer there is the cheapest one in the city. I definately suggest to go there if you are in the town.
Finally, we spent 15 minutes in the train station searching a train to our next destination, but we could not find it. After that we asked at the info desk and we were told that, instead of going directly, we had to change our train twice but, in one of this changes, we met two guys to travel with.
Una vez llegamos a Brujas nos dimos cuenta que la ciudad no era tan grande como parecía en el plano, por lo cual decidimos visitarla andando. Nada más salir de la estación hay un parque con muchos arboles y muy verde, el pulmón de la cuidad. Sin embargo ese no es el encanto de esta población. La mayor atracción de Brujas es su nucleo historico, una ciudad medieval por la cual cruzan decenas de canales y en la que hay varias iglesias, torres y edificios bonitos de esa época. A pesar de eso, nada más entrar en la ciudad Sergio dijo que teníamos que ir de compras y le concedimos esa petición, menos mal que la fiebre de las compras no le duro mucho y pudimos adentrarnos en el centro a visitarlo.
Nos aventuramos a hacerlo sin plano porque no hay una ruta predeterminada y todas las cosas importantes estan juntas. Cuando íbamos hacia la plaza central para empezar nuestra visita y nos sorprendieron 3 hombres que iban vestidos de tunos y que, además, llevaban banderas mexicanas en las mangas. Resultó que iban vestidos así porque aprovechaban las visitar a las ciudades para tocar durante un tiempo y así poder pagarse parte del viaje. Cuando ya nos empezabamos a saturar de edificios históricos vimos un albergue bastante famoso en Brujas que tiene un bar parecido al Hard Rock Cafe y las cervezas son las mas baratas de toda la ciudad. Un sitio recomendable al que acudir.
Para finalizar el día, nos fuimos a la estación y pasamos 15 minutos buscando los horarios de trenes hacia la siguiente ciudad. Preguntamos, al no encontrarlo, y nos dijeron que teníamos que hacer dos cambios de tren, en uno de los cuales conocimos a los primeros mochileros del viaje.
After Brussels, it was the turn of Brugges. It is a city known as the Venice of the north, although it is impossible the comparison, by their inhabitants, who think this because of its great number of canals and decorated bridges. In fact, that's the reason it is called Brugges, the meaning of this term is bridges in Flemish.
Once we arrived to the city, we found out that it isn't as big as it appears in the map, so we decided to visit it on foot. Just getting out of the station, there is a nice park full of trees and vegetal life which is the lung of the city, however that is not the charm of Brugges. The main atraction of the place is its historical center, it is a medieval town wich is crossed by dozens of canals and where there are beautiful churches, towers and buildings of the middle age. However, as soon as we entered in the city, Sergio decided that we had to go shopping and we conceded that request. Fortunately, that shopping fever was soon over and we could keep watching the city.
We wanted to walk around without a map because there was not a predetermined route and everything to see was placed in the center. As we were going to the central square to start the real visit of Brugges, we found three men dressed as "Tunos" (they are university students who form a band that play typical spanish songs in exchange of money) and with the mexican flag in their sleeves. They told us that they dressed in that way because they were visiting the cities and playing for a while to finance their trip. Later, when we were getting tired of seeing buildings, we went to a Hostel quite famous in Brugges because it is similar to the Hard Rock Cafe and the beer there is the cheapest one in the city. I definately suggest to go there if you are in the town.
Finally, we spent 15 minutes in the train station searching a train to our next destination, but we could not find it. After that we asked at the info desk and we were told that, instead of going directly, we had to change our train twice but, in one of this changes, we met two guys to travel with.
