Tag: Belgium

  • Style Moment | Basilica of the Holy Blood, Bruges

    Style Moment | Basilica of the Holy Blood, Bruges

    “Not only do we travel to different places, but most of all, we travel to different states of our soul.” Werner Bergengruen (1892 – 1964) German novelist

  • In Bruges

    In Bruges

    I’m in Bruges. Like the movie. Except without the shooting. What can I say about a city that smells like chocolate, has houses that look like lace, and where the soundtrack is the clip-clop of horses pulling carriages and the (almost constant) melody of forty-seven bells reverberating from the medieval bell tower that soars above…

  • The World in a Little Blue Book

    The World in a Little Blue Book

    My passport is full.  Each of the stamps on those little blue pages represents an encounter, an adventure, an education, an accomplishment, a story.  I had to go to the passport office to have new pages inserted, and as I sat there waiting, I flipped through, and remembered.  These are some of my favorite photos…

  • Bruges | Antiques, lunch, and chocolate

    Bruges | Antiques, lunch, and chocolate

    These are my absolute favorite places not to be missed in Bruges, starting with Greet Verbeke, an antique store chock full of style moments.

  • Where am I? A Day in the Life of a World Traveler

    Where am I? A Day in the Life of a World Traveler

    Bruges is in Belgium.  I mention this because I think I may have hit the travel wall…I’ve been to so many different European cities lately that I can’t seem to remember where I am.