*Warning...this post is very picture heavy!*
The week after Thanksgiving,
J & I decided to take a trip to Brugge, Belgium.
We had heard wonderful things about the city- how romantic it is,
how much there is to do, how beautiful it is, etc.
We knew there was an international ice festival going on,
so we hopped in the car and away we went.
Our hotel was right next to the train station,
which is where the ice festival was taking place.
It was convenient, inexpensive and clean.
In other words, it perfectly fit our needs
and for 49 euro a night,
we couldnt complain!
I have so many photos from our trip, but
I didnt want to overload you so Ive
broken it up into two posts.
The ice festival took place in 3 very large tents set up
in front of the Brugge central train station.
It was 21ยบ inside but it felt so much colder!
We spent about 45 minutes examining the
impressive ice sculptures before moving on to the
warm up tent. By that time,
our toes were so numb that we couldnt feel them
and our noses looked like Rudolph,
but we really enjoyed the festival!
The theme of the ice festival this year was "Around the World".
It featured sculptures of landmarks and icons from
multiple places around the world.
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| The Colosseum with the Leaning Tower of Pisa behind it |
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| Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man |
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| Michelangelo's David We brought our dog with us. This is the first time we've traveled with her in Europe and it went surprisingly well. She was so well behaved, even in restaurants. It was freezing there and snowed on us a lot, so of course we brought her winter coat! |
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| Leaning Tower of Pisa |
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| Big Ben |
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| Berlin Wall |
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| Russia |
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| Super cool car! |
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| Mariachi Band |
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| Statue of Liberty |
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| Flamenco Dancers |
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| Native American |
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| Mt. Rushmore |
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| Cowboy |
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| Iwo Jima |
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| Ellvis, Michael Jackson & Madonna =) |
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| Marilyn Monroe |
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| Cathedral in New York City |
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| MJ up close |
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| Igloo! |
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| Hindu deity |
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| Sphynx |
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| Indian elephant |
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| Motorcycle |
To be continued....
Happy Thursday!
8 comments:
How amazing!!!
What a fabulous experience! I'd love to visit an ice festival. Can't wait for Part II!
OMG! This is seriously amazing!!! I am forwarding this post to my boyfriend to check out- we might just have to go over to Europe to attend this event next year.
Thanks for sharing the pics, and have a great Thursday!!!
xo,
Casey
www.blondebargainbabe.com
Oh that looks AWESOME!
Wow! This looks absolutely amazing! I have never heard of the Ice Festival. TLS and I adore Bruges so we have to go next year! Thank you for posting this.
Wow, these are unbelievable!!! It must've been so cool to see these. I love it and totally gets me in the mood for winter :-)
I've never seen anything like that! The sculptures are fantastic. I went to the Carnival de Quebec once, which features an ice castle and some ice sculptures, but NOTHING like that. It looks like you had a great time.
The Cathedral sculpture is my favorite!
wow!! this is so gorgeous!! i especially love the elephant balancing a ball on his nose, so cute!!
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