RE: Canals of Bruges, Belgium / Canales de Brujas, Bélgica
Hola amiga :>)
Funny, I wanted to comment because of the title and Brujas meaning witches while bruggen is Dutch / Flemish for bridges,
which in its turn rhymes with witches...
but then I saw that you're story is exactly about that, haha
I have been in a handful of Belgian towns ( Gent, Antwerp(en), Bruxelles, the most known ones ). In fact, I considered living in Antwerpen ( back in 2008/ 2009 ). I had graduated from University, a year earlier and had no idea what to do with my life, where to go. I decided to try a Belgian town and stayed in a hostel for about 5 days. I had even brought an extremely heavy oldfashioned typewriter with me, to write in my room.
I wrote a lot but, after these 5 days, I felt that this town wasn't meant for me. A couple of months later, I decided to go to Spain for the second time, to improve my Spanish. I picked Granada and stayed there for 6 weeks. Afterwards, I went to Madrid, via Valencia. I stayed in Spain for 5 months and it was one of the most interesting times of my life, up to that point.
Before I forget, beautiful photos! I can see that your new camera is really pointing out your skills, that were already present when you were using your phone. Awesome!
Un abrazo,
Vincent
P.S. I never knew that Amsterdam was called 'The Venice of the North", eventhough I'm Dutch :>)
Hello friend!
Really the Spanish name is quite funny because it has nothing to do with the city. Imagine, that like you say, was the word more similar and certainly "puentes" is not a name too nice in Spanish.
Great story that of your search of the appropriate place for you. I am glad that finally you find it. Portugal is a good place!
Though, whenever you want to revisit Spain, you are invited to Malaga :)
Un fuerte abrazo Vincent
P.S: According to Wikipedia Amsterdam is called "The Venice of the North" and also has other nickname incomprehensible to my :D
Hi there,
I also prefer the word 'bruja' over 'puente', even though I prefer bridges over witches, haha! Bridges at least don't curse you ;>)
I am really looking forward to finally live in my new place, here in Portugal and I appreciate your invite to Malaga. Of course, you're also very welcome to stay at my place, whenever you're nearby.
Aqui tienes otro abrazo,
Vincent
P.S. That other nickname - that I am familiar with - is probably Mokum :>)