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Bruges / West Flanders / Belgium – 6/8/18

This is Marleen Maenhout of the ChocolAterie De Burg in Brugge, Belgium’s Burg Square where I am back for my second round of chocolates. Marleen has been making chocolates at her shop for more than 32 years and from the taste of her chocolates, she is a true skilled chocolate artisan. Thank you Marleen for making this chocoholics dreams come true. June 8, 2018

Bruges / West Flanders / Belgium – 6/8/18

Me by the Brugges Whale scu lpture rising from the canal in Brugge. The giant sculpture is made of waste collected from the plastic crap that floats on the seas and oceans of the world. June 8, 2018

Bruges / West Flanders / Belgium – 6/8/18

The Jan van Eyck square in Brugge, Belgium, features a sculpture of the renowned Brugges painter. He is often considered one of the founders of Early Netherlandish painting and one of the most significant representatives of Northern Renaissance art. The few surviving records of his early life indicate that he was born c. 1380–1390. Although Van Eyck painted both secular and religious subject matters, including altarpieces, single panel religious figures and commissioned portraits, he is probably best known for the Ghent Altarpiece also known as “Adoration of the Mystic Lamb” at St. Bavo’s Cathedral in Ghent Belgium. Van Eyck lived in Brugge until his death on July 9, 1441. June 8, 2018