Well isn't this exciting... a GUEST writer on our blog? When Jon accepted my "request" to write about Bruges, not only was I (Sarah) excited because it gave me a little break from writing, but because it's exciting to have a different perspective on our travels. When he sent me what he wrote, I honestly laughed the whole way through. Which really, didn't at all surprise me. Zack and I both have been friends with Jon for years now and we always spend the majority of our time together laughing. We were estatic when we found out he had booked a flight from Canada to visit us in England, as we knew it would just be like old times. Aside from the fact that we never would have thought we would road trip from England to Belgium... So, without further adieu, here's Jon (with a few comments from myself, which will be in italics):
Chocolate, Waffles and Beer.
I admit - before this trip I didn't know much about Belgium, or the city of Bruges in particular. I knew they made waffles, but other than that, I hear the chocolate is good and the beer is better, that is all. So when Zack and Sarah suggested we go -- why not? Off to Belgium we go.
The adventure started with renting a car in Cambridge, a process that apparently takes 3 hours. Renting a car in Cambridge is probably what Anger Management instructors use to test their pupils to see how long it takes before they crack. Zack would have been given a B, later lowered to a C when he threw his water bottle at me(out of anger) because he missed the exit for the euro - tunnel to France. I had nothing to do with him driving past the exit, but I guess sleeping in the back wasn't exactly helping either. Luckily Z + S pride themselves on owning water bottles that are glorified ziploc bags with a cap so it wasn't so bad. (Sarah: just to be clear on the water bottles, they seriously are great for travelling.. Ziploc bags have nothing on our foldable water bottles. Also, on behalf of Zack.. sorry Jon for waking you from your beauty sleep.)
