Best Chocolate in the World

Gabrielle and Mindy study the "chocolate" map which shows the location of every Chocolaterie in Bruges. It didn't take us long to be headed in the right direction.

French chocolate is good and Swiss choclate is great. However for the true connoisseur, Belgium chocolate has no rival. And during our foray into this northern neighbour of France, we were determined to find the best that Belgium had to offer. As Gabrielle, Mindy's cousin's daughter, had joined us again for a visit, I was outvoted on the idea of potentially putting a limit on how much chocolate show be consumed.

We chose to visit the city of Bruges as we had heard of its famous architecture, canals, and of course food. The city did not let us down as we wandered around the town's center where impressive buildings, churches, and squares seemed to blend together seemlessly.

Dinner was in one of the open air squares as we sampled a local raspberry beer with pasta dishes all around (note to Gabrielle's parents, legal age for a beer is 16 in Belgium and we limited her to 250 ml ;-). Of course our dessert had previously been consumed as we had made our way around to a few chocolateries (see below for more)

One of the many Chocolateries that we found. Each had its own style, offerings, and tastes.

Got the goods and ready to partake

The Market is the central square in Bruges and is surrounded by amazingly beautiful buildings and churches.

Mindy and I outside the Basilica of the Sacred Blood

Crossing one of the many canals in the city. Although not quite crisscrossed as Amsterdam, the canals of Bruges still give the city a certain charm.

Cheers! One more phenomenal day of travel in the books!