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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
On Sunday my sister and I are going to Bruges for a couple of days. Up until a couple of days ago the various weather services predicted temperatures between 20C and 25C. Which are okay temperatures for what we want to do (shopping and sightseeing). However, at the moment they predict it will be 29C to 30C. Not good, especially since I had planned on doing some clothes shopping, including a winter coat.
I don't do heat well when I have to be active. So I've already told my sister we're going to take it very easy and eat lots of ice creams. A lot of the buildings, bridges and other places my sister would like to see are outside, so I'm going to propose to get up extra early and do those things first and do the shopping, cultural things and Choco World during the day and hope those buildings have airconditioning.
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I really enjoyed Bruges the one time I was able to visit it for a day. This was in late summer of either 1985 or 1986. It's mention does bring one memory of an event that still sits bad with me. One of the things for tourists to do was to take a boat trip though the city while a guide provides a running commentary. People were lined up waiting so that boats would quickly fill and depart. So I arrived at the head of the line just as I would be the last person that would fit onboard. In perfect English the boat operator invited me to board. Then we were off and for the entire trip he gave his spiel in French and German, but not a word in English. I guess it was the the time of hate Americans?
Hope that you enjoy your trip. 25 C? That's only 77 F. That's a very pleasant summer day in most of the USA.