Little Joys

The Boy and I went on a weekend ferry trip to Bruges in Belgium, and it was a really beautiful city full of visitors, souvenir shops and...touristy trappings.

That means expensive and mediocre meal offerings. Wikitravel recommends walking further out of the city centre to get a more 'genuine' and local feel of life...and so we did. We meandered down a street off Burg, crossed the river and found outselves on Langestraat.

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And here, we found a deli, greengrocer's and a tapas restaurant, all on the same street. And one morning, we came back to buy some ham, salami, cheese, bread, roasted chicken leg, salad greens, nectarines and juice...

...and walked to a park and made our own breakfast sandwich.

I took a couple of ravenous bites before remembering to take a photo.

With a pond in front of us, ducks, family and dogs playing in the sun, people on grass reading and relaxing, it was one royal meal on budget.