Birthday in Brugge

Today Leah and I went out to find the library (De Biekorf) in Brugge. We discussed afterwards how things in Belgium are subtle, understated, hard to find. We had specific directions and walked past it 3 times. We finally stopped for the second time in an apothecary for directions and still would have walked past it if we had not seen some children coming out. We managed to get Leah a library card from the children's librarian ( a probable softer touch than a regular librarian). The selection of children's books in English is limited, but all about her reading/interest level. We also got a book for learning Dutch.

On our way home we stopped for waffles again and saw some High School kids making a video. We asked them about it and they said it was about bullying. We watched for a while, but they looked like High School kids anywhere. Much more interested in taking up a lot of school time rather than getting serious about completing their project. So we went in the grocery store for a few items and saw a young children's activity book in Dutch which we got. Also as we were leaving some men were selling items to benefit children with cancer. One of the items was another activity book in Dutch, so we got that. When we came out the high school kids were still "hard at work" eating ice cream now. The High School is just around the corner from us, but if you did not see the kids pouring out you would never know it was a high school. Another subtlety.

This evening we went out to dinner at the Old Brugge restaurant. We had a lovely meal. I had Eel in Green Sauce which was fantastic. Then we came home to a lovely strawberry tart. I got chocolates from William and a beautiful and fanciful scarf from the Boulder Baker's.