With its mystical fairy tale buildings, winding cobble stone streets and picturesque canals lined with windmills, its very hard not to fall in love with Bruges. Whether you are a history buff seeking renaissance era towers or a beer lover looking for a great Belgian ale, this town has it all. I must admit my expectations of the town were largely based off the Colin Farrell movie, which I do admit is a little sad, but on the plus side I did find Bruges to be everything you want in a Belgian town and more. After ticking off the obligatory tourist attractions we continued our exploration of the town, spiraling out from the centre square only to come across more and more amazement at each turn. I won't take you though all the beauty we discovered, as that would just give away all the fun and then you will never go there yourself, but I will fill you in on one little secret we managed to come across in our travels. Just out from the main square on a street heading away from the bell fort is a vintage clothing store, which not only has some of the best stock in Europe but puts on even better deals. Every five weeks this place buys new stock, fits out the whole store and opens its doors. As the weeks pass every item in stock gets reduced by the same amount, with the discounts gradually getting larger as the weeks go on. Once the five weeks are up anything left is packed up and sent back to the dealer to be exchanged with new stock to start the process again. I'm not sure if it was luck or a sign from a higher being but we just happen to be there 4 days from the end of the 5 weeks, which meant that everything, and I mean everything from leather trench coats to ABBA style jump suits were all reduced to €2. Needless to say once Louise found out about this, things got a little bit hectic. So after high fashion montage moments we left the shop both with bags in hand and wallets still full.
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