Bridge Day

Our Saturday in Bruges was Bridge Day. We started with a boat tour and went under several bridges on the canals. One bridge was so low that people on one side of the boat had to duck their heads when we went under, accompanied by squeals of laughter.

Duck for the low bridge!

Two of the bridges we went under were supposedly the oldest on the canal dating from the 17th century.

After that we bought a painting at a street market of a bridge in Bruges.

Where we bought our painting

The artist showed us on our map where the bridge was located. We took off in search of it but we couldn't remember what the scene in the painting looked like as we had left it in our hotel room. We went back to the artist to ask him again how to find the bridge. One more try, no luck, but we sure enjoyed strolling along the canal and this time we saw two drawbridges, one of them raised while a big cargo ship went under it.

We also walked right by some old windmills and one of the old gates to the city.

 I like the  Belgian "lacework" on the fence around the windmill:

Old City Gate

When we got back to the hotel room we took a picture of our bridge painting to refer to on our next quest for "The Scene of the Painting".