10 July
A rainy day with good walking around the periphery canals and smaller streets.
We leave the continent in the morning. Off to Dover via Calais.
Just a few pics today with more to come on flickr, to be posted when we next get a net connection.
The celebration party is just that. Bands and loud music and a good deal of dancing. A dancing fest. No particular occasion except, possibly, to wish is well on the final leg, or so we were told. Further research. Instead of asking the locals, two of them, about the festival we did some research. 11 July 1887!
It is a two part occassion. 11 July is the date of a medieval battle, 1302, fought in Bruges and won against the the king of France, read Burgendy. The year is the year of the flemish flag. The political part of the fest is a separatist movement. The music seems to reflect the politics. Folk songs, some with familiar melodies.
The pictured frites stand
has a long history. Very good crispy frites. Written up in the top 10 things to do book. I had them on my previous visit and both times they were perfect.
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