Yesterday we made our way to the coastal Belgian town of Koksijde, where some old friends from Germany have a vacation apartment they kindly let us use. The apartment is right on the beach, totally great! Koksijde is hosting the Flanders Lady’s Trophy tennis tournament, so we spent some time watching a few games – played right in the town square. We strolled along the beach, flew a kite, had some frites (with mayo, of course) and relaxed. Today we took the train to Bruges (or Brugge if you’re from around here) for a (rainy) day trip. After some sight seeing and a great tour of the town’s only brewery, Haalve Maan – complete with complimentary glass of beer – the rain made us call it a day. We may have been a bit rained out in the Low Countries, but we’ve enjoyed this part of the trip; tomorrow it’s on to Cologne!