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Brugge, Belgium

Two weeks before Christmas, I planned a quick trip to Brugge, Belgium to visit the Ice Festival. This year it featured the movie, "FROZEN!" We saw the movie a week before we went, which was absolutely adorable. Brugge is about a 4 hour drive from our house. Our drive was filled with a mix of rain, then snow, and finally rain again. Sadly, it rained throughout most of our visit, which put a bit of a damper on our activities, but we will definitely be back again. Brugge was such a cute little city. 

The Ice Show wasn't cheap. Children's tickets were 11 Euros each and adults were 15 Euros each. However, it was worth every penny seeing our kids' faces light up in delight.

We wandered around the city a bit, enjoyed some Chinese food where we were amazed at the son's owner who visited with us. We were the only one's in the restaurant and he was a nice kid. As a high schooler, he knows 5 languages. Chris and I are always taken aback by the amount of languages people living in Europe know. Most know 3, so different than expectations in America.

Mya waiting to go inside.

Claire--all smiles as she waits in line.

Even Chris was excited to see the ice sculptures!


Mya, Claire and Olaf!







One of the 7 dwarfs.






Climbing up the stairs on the way to the ice slide!








A little less happy now. Mya NOT wanting to take a picture.

Brugge. Such a beautiful city. 



























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