We had a great time in Brussels, drinking all the beer and eating way too much chocolate.  We got on the road, headed west towards Bruges.  I have been before, right after graduating from high school in 2007.  Fortunately, not very much about the city has changed.  It is a beautiful old city, protected by UNESCO, full of canals, cobble-stoned streets and medieval buildings.  We didn’t have the best weather, but fortunately we managed to stay mostly dry.