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September 16, 2010. Flight to Paris. Three hours for everyone to get in. Train to Brussels. Ten-minute delay. Train to Bruges. Forty-five minutes for a cab - they were on strike. Finally, at Livia's Bridge House, the second oldest in Bruges at more than 7
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And ginger cookies, which fueled my run the next morning!
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Diligence Restaurant, a cozy corner nook, was where we had a typical Belgian dinner of steak and frites. Ya know, the kind of place where Anita serves and her husband works the kitchen, and the Greek sous chef is married to the husband's ex-wife. Also, yo
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Fried balls of brie with a barely-there cornmeal crust. Amazing.
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Two bottles of this lovely red from the south of France were great company to dinner.
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I rarely add to my list of "Best Steaks Ever Eaten In My Life". Last night, I did. (Currently on the list - Peter Luger in Brooklyn, Unnamed Shack in Marysville, Montana and Vlado's in Melbourne, Australia). This tenderloin had nary a lace of marble in it
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Hand-cut frites, perfectly prepared - so much so that you could almost imagine them still crackling en route to your mouth. Maybe they were.
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Such great hosts were they at Diligence Restaurant that when you order an Amaretto for digestif, it's automatically a double. Mind readers.
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September 17, 2010. Breakfast at Tom Pouce, a brasserie in the Burg. Cute, but nothing to write home about, only for Facebook.
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My cheese omelet. Pretty good for post-run.
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We stepped into the Basilica of the Holy Blood - I didn't come in here on my last visit to Bruges in 2008 - and it was actually pretty neat. You can't take a picture of the actual relic of Christ's blood - we got to see it in a veneration ceremony - but i
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For those who have seen my Bruges pictures from 2008, you know that I have this thing for the Flemish architecture, especially the rooftops and eaves. The fascination continues - here are some guildhouses from Groenmarkt, the Belgian square.
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The local frituur called, so I responded. Positively.
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Sauce pumps. They might be better than fist pumps.
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Voila! With warm green peppercorn sauce.
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This had my heart palpitating. I am madly in love with Belgian waffles - the first of the trip was all about dark chocolate sauce.
