• Belgium is justifiably famous for its chocolate and its beer.

• Some of the construction/reconstruction that was common in our travels.

• Memling Museum at St. John's Hospital

• Memling Museum at St. John's Hospital

• The red arrow marks this spot between The Church of Our Lady and the Memling Museum.

• The Church of Our Lady

• Michaelangelo's Madonna and Child in The Church of Our Lady

• The tombs of Mary of Burgundy (right) and Charles the Bold, her father (left)

• Confessionals in The Church of Our Lady

• Looking back at The Church of Our Lady. The arch in the lower left is an entry to the Groeninge Museum.

• The Bell Tower (Belfort) from inside the building's courtyard

• The Bell Tower from Market Square

• Bruges Market Square

• Bruges Market Square

• Houses around the market

• The Provinciaal Hof, a ceremonial meeting place on Market Square

• Excellent Belgian waffles at Chez Albert

• Bruges is noted for its fine lace. These pieces are likely Asian imports.

• This lace is likely made in Bruges.

• Belgian frites (of Belgian, not French origin) were everywhere.

• The Begijnhof, a community of the Beguines in Bruges. The Beguines were a lay order of women who did not take the vows of a nun but nonetheless served the Catholic Church.

• The Begijnhof in Bruges

• A hotel on the Minnewater (water of love) in Bruges