As we've said before...another Saturday another market. This time in Bruges. Brugge, Bruge or Brugse, spell it how you like it seems. Back to the market it's all a bit different. The French well known cheeses are gone and it's all Flemish and Dutch. But what are they? A lot are quite Gouda like with a splash of Emmental - Swiss. All good to try. We ended up with a 'Trappist' and a 'Brugge Blomme'. The Trappist turned out to be the tastier.
A good selection of Belgian cheeses.
Further on in the market was a stall selling all manner of fowl, of all ages, as well as rabbits, guinea pigs and hamsters. And yes they were very cute. Tempting, but I don't think it would work on a boat somehow! Often they were so young that they didn't need tops to the cages as they could not fly/climb out.
A few goslings/ducklings, hard to tell at that age.
It seems life's cheap when you're a hen, a cage full of day old chicks, 7 for €10.
Day old chicks.
After the cheeses and the vegetables it was the fruits. They were also so cheap, 4 large punnets of strawberries for €3. It would be rude not to.
After the market we retired to a local bar. A coffee led to a beer which led onto lunch with lots of texts trying to arrange a meal out in the evening with some barge owning Australian friends. As a lot of restaurants were full it took a while to arrange and get everyone in line to meet up later, but it worked out and was great fun.
An excellent view. A couple of Brugge Zots (the local beer) and a couple of Bromptons.
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