Weekend Cruise Break
After a bite to eat we had a good walk around the ship to get our bearings before the compulsory lifeboat drill, then joined everyone else for a foot-tapping sailaway party - loads of singing, flag-waving and dancing and if I'm not mistaken, rather a lot of champagne was quaffed!
Dinner was delightful and the two couples we shared our table with were great company and turned a blind eye to my indecision of which pudding to have - yes, I ended up with two! We were treated to a great show in the evening - f-ABBA-esque - so no prizes for guessing what songs were sung - a great performance all round.
On Sunday morning we got the courtesy bus to Blankenberge, from where we caught the train to Bruges. A short walk brought us to the centre and we enjoyed walking through the squares, window shopping and being tempted every few yards by the wonderful aroma from the chocolate shops.
We stopped for a rest at a lovely looking cafe called Tom Pouce and ordered apple pie and hot chocolate. Sublime doesn't begin to describe the apple pie, it was delicious! But we got a bit of a shock when the bill came!! Perhaps we should have asked for a menu before sitting down!
As the weather was taking a turn for the worse, we decided to head back to the ship but chanced upon a fabulous beer shop called de Bier Tempel. What an enormous choice - there must have been hundreds of different beers to tempt you with but we could only manage to carry eight bottles as we were already weighed down with chocolate!
After another lovely meal we were treated to some adult entertainment, courtesy of Bobby Davro and I have to say that if you're reading this Bobby, you were brilliant! We haven't laughed so much in ages.
All in all, a great weekend, a lovely party atmosphere and NO CHILDREN!
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