Melissa and I are in Bruges, Belgium right now. We can't say enough about how great it is here and we'll be sorry to leave. We arrived on Friday and over the last two days we've seen most of the major sights - climbed a belfry of 366 steps, went to the Markt and Burg squares, went to a chocolate museum and ate a lot of it, had great Belgian ice cream and waffles, and commented about 20 times how cheap everything is compared to Dublin! We leave in a few hours for Frankfurt, where we'll spend about a day before we hop on another train for Prague.

Our first stop before Bruges was Amsterdam. We had both been there before, but we were still able to see so many things. We went to the Van Gogh museum, Anne Frank House, walked by or over about 50 canals, ate at some nice (and cheap!) ethnic cafes and also some late-night McDonald's (sorry!).

We've met some nice people so far from all over, and our hostels have been good. It's been a great start to our trip and we still have exactly 3 weeks left to go!

Cheers!