Saturday, December 29, 2007

Guido Gezelle etc.

Outdoor sculpture exhibit at the Guido Gezelle Museum--a famous poet who was born and died in Brugge--did not notice anything in print in English. Still an interesting small museum.
The guy with the coat over his head is trying to light a lighter. He was also barefoot and his golden shoes were on another pedestal.
I did not know that windmills could be rotated to catch the wind.

This device shows up in some paintings with people inside to turn it. Human hamster wheel.
It had something to do with the movement of boats or the movement of water in the canals.The academic Brugge Bear at the corner of Academiestraat.
The procession of the Eastern Star is a small parade through Brugge that raises money for charity. Note the wise man in black face.

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