Brugge, Belgium is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is quite unique. All the streets in the city are cobbled stone; there are incredible medieval buildings and quite canals. Bruges (it is spelled different ways) I was told actual means Bridges.
Richard and I had a wonderful day visiting churches, musuems and walking around town.
First we visited Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk. Here we saw Michelangelo's Madonna and Child and The Last Supper by Pieter Pourbus
Below are the tombs of Charles the Bold, ruler from 1467-77, and his daughter Mary of Burgundy
We then walked right next door and visited Gruuthuse. In the 15th century, merchants who grew rich from the privilege of levying a tax on Gruit, a herbal mix used in brewing.
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Old piano and wind instruments
One of the many canals of Burgge with Sint-Salvatorskathedraal in the background
One of the smallest bridges with Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk in the background
  
Brugge video including some info on chocolate
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