Brugge, Belgium

So, yesterday I went to Belgium. I was supposed to go meet Erin in Nice, but the train times didn't work in my favour and I didn't get home in enought time to make it.

So I settled for Brugge: Belgian chocolate, waffles, canals, architecture, beer, museums, etc. Awww. Haha.















Ana, one of my roommates, and I left in the morning at 7:30 and arrived around 10. We stumbled onto an exhibition by Salvador Dali, one of my favorite artists. (Made famous by his melting clocks for those of you who have no idea of who I speak- Dalian time, etc).




















We had lunch in a cute little Belgian restaurant overlooking the town square, "grand place".















We then took a canal ride around the city by tour boat.




































... and of course could not leave without tasting some Belgian waffles...mmmm....




















... and checking out Michelangelo's Madonna and Child.











So that was my second big trip (besides small day trips to Lille to look for comfortable travel shoes). I'm planning two future trips to (possibly) Amsterdam and Barcelona for the 2/3 and 9/10th of October - looks promising.

This coming Wednesday I leave for Geneva, Switzerland.

More to come,

Kelly

Salisbury, England

So September 14th, I finished work and hopped on a train from Arras to Lille, and then on the underground Eurostar from Lille to London Waterloo station and then to Salisbury to meet the parents of a girl I met in Pincher Creek this weekend, Jocelyn.

So they were incredibly sweet to me. Jocelyn's mom took me around to a bunch of sights and to some of the shops to look for shoes (French people have TINY feet)...

So here is me at Stonehenge (just outside of Salisbury). The rocks are actually much smaller than I thought they'd be.


That night Jocelyn's mum and dad brought me to a real English pub, where I had my first real English beer. I chose an "Abbott's Ale" apparently the strongest available at that pub (well, besides Guiness, but that's rocket fuel). It was good... strong... so my next beer was mixed with lemonade :)

They treated me so well, and they are such nice people. They said that I am welcome back whenever I like.



We also went to Salisbury Cathedral. One of the remaining hand written copies of the Magna Carta is kept here. Pretty incredible to see.


I got to buy peanut butter, kraft dinner, red curry, MILK, Diet Coke and shoes larger than a size seven. ALL things you cannot find in FRANCE.

So that's it for tonight, I'll continue later on, as I am pretty tired after all that travelling.

Talk soon,

Kelly

Beaumont Hamel

So yes, on the Beaumont Hamel site, there are three cemetaries. Sounds morbid, I know. Actually,they are really quite beautiful and peaceful.















Voila le Caribou! Here is the Caribou from the site of Beaumont Hamel - where I work... There are six in the world: 4 in France, 1 in Belgium and one in St. John's, NL... they are all dedicated to the memory of the Newfoundland Soldiers that died in WWI.














So yeah, this is essentially what I do all day - add in a battlefield, some trenches and this is it! I give tours, answer questions, look pretty, etc.

Later!