I started watching you when you were just traveling with your kids on Caribbean cruises. Now the empty nesters have become world travelers. I love it!

Belgium was our surprise "LOVE" on our recent trip to Europe. We stayed in Ghent for a few days, with a day trip to Brugges. We absolutely loved both cities, and really want to go back again. We some family roots in the country, so it was fantastic to visit. Like you, we tried all the food "groups"....LOL. They hands down, have the best fries anywhere! Really loving your European videos! - Coreen

Make sure you try a ‘Luikse’ waffle. They are the more dense ones with sugar in it. Just get a plain one, still warm. Brussels waffles are lighter and can be enjoyed with a topping of fruit, cream and chocolate sauce. Both are delicious, but so different.

Bruges was a favorite place for me and my husband! Have you seen the movie In Bruges with Colin Farrell? That was why we wanted to actually see Bruges but it stood alone for us! Loved it!!!

How fun that y'all are in Belgium! Kara and Nate are releasing their Christmas market videos right now and they made it to the Belgium market! So fun to hear you reference how they were setting up for it when you were there

I feel like I am getting a free tour! I am enjoying the history lessons!

Love the video. Always makes me think of the film 'In Bruges', definitely worth checking it out.

Glad you discovered Belgium as well - Belgium is the one country we want to revisit without a doubt - it must be in the air 😀

So fun to see one’s own country being a tourist destination, like I know, but we take it for granted. Brugges is my favorite city of my country for sure.

Wonderful video ! A step above the other vloggers for cruising.

@monicadepoy5157

4 ай бұрын

Recounting the backstories of your sites is invaluable. You’ve done this style of vlog even with the small campgrounds and backstreet rooming you’ve done in the Caribbean. Sets your videos apart from others.

The independence Day drone show is amazing as well

One of the top 3 most beautiful places I’ve ever visited!

Fries with Mayo is the best!

I’m a big fan of the Colin Farrell/Ralph Fiennes comedic crime movie IN BRUGES which was extensively filmed here…while the characters are driven nuts being forced to be hiding out from their angry boss in the city, it’s a lovely town and I’ve always thought that it didn’t seem like a bad place to wander around for a few days!

@grahamlockley4435

3 ай бұрын

In Bruges was a minor masterpiece that lead me to visit this wonderful place.

ALL of Europe is absolutely stunning. Doesn't matter where you go as a tourist, you'll just be blown away. Edit: Germany is on NOONE's list of European places to visit, but it should be right up there near the top. (From a Brit - so it's the highest praise possible).

Great tour and info. Thanks❤❤

I guess I’ll have to go back to Brugge. It has only been 50 years !

I really love your country very much. Your country is really very beautiful magically marvellous. I really want to become a citizen of your country very well.

Great videos thanks 😊

What a great video! So exciting visiting new places!

Great video ❤❤❤❤

Thanks for taking me along! Absolutely amazing ❤

Beautiful ❤️

Thank you so much for this awesome video… Learning so much every day… Thank you❤️

❤mussels, ❤beer! This was fun!

My wife and took the train to Bruges while on a trip to Brussels 4-5 years ago. We had a wonderful time and have very fond memories from our time there. Highly recommend!

These videos are Amazing! A riverboat cruise has been on my bucket list for a while, and I’m even more excited about it now. Thank you so much for taking us along on your adventures!❤

Brugges looks so fabulous! Excellent video!

I love your travels and your description and love you include history also your food and brewery reviews are great,we are big foodies and love all of your food tours and beer !!

Thank you for sharing this with me. That give’s me a great idea for a cruise. I just love what y’all are doing.

Looks like a good time was had... Those mussels tho!!!!

Looking like an amazing day! History, architecture , and delicious food.

Thank you for this. We will be in Bruges this coming May. Can’t wait.

So happy anytime you visit a place I'll be visiting soon! Loved seeing it through your eyes, and LOVE learning history of places from Alisa! That's such a strength of yours, and it's so obvious how much you enjoy learning as well.

Thank you for the tour. We will be there in May 2024.

Thank you for this video! I'm going there next year. Now I know what to do for this port.

So interesting ❤

OMG!!! I am so excited to see this! Bruges has been on bucket list ever since Hallmark filmed a movie there! Thank you so much for this video. It makes me want to add it my Scotland, Ireland tour when I finally make it there! Need to get Japan out of the way again first. Maybe 2026!

In Flanders we use the shell or both valves as a tweezer to grap the mussels and eat. And with friet for God sakes..

You are seeing the world like seeing Belgium it looks like you doing a river cruise fun fun

@3:46 there’s a very brief glimpse of a restaurant (Gruuthuse Hoff) that we ate at when we were last in Bruges. It was wonderful. Real Belgian food and too touristy.

We visited for a day on our honeymoon. It really is the cutest little town. Would love to go back for the Christmas market!

Excited to visit Bruges in 2024!!

Hi, Brugge is amazing. And I love to see you try all the special food. I had a big smile seeing you try the mussels. Made me go back to my first try. We got it on high school with a biology class. I had one in my hand, but hesitate to try, but when I did I loved it and had to made it to the bowl quickly before they were finished. And yes we have mayonnaise with our fries, I like that more then ketchup. And then the Belgian chocolate. That’s so good. You did right to get a variety. It’s hard to choose. And now waiting for the video of Brussel.

Absolutely love fritten with mayo as it is meant to be!

We went to Belgium in 2022. We had been to Africa and spent a week in Belgium just to break up the flight home. I loved everything you did too. Especially seeing the Madonna because of Monument Men too. Brought back lots of chocolates and also COVID!! God bless.

Fries with mayo is what is regular to us. Fries with ketchup is just too sweet for me.

Nice

You need to come back and do the Christmas market cruise!!

I’ve always dipped my fries in mayo and frosty’s from Wendy’s haha!

Other than Samantha Brown, you are the travel channel that makes me want to visit the destinations!! Much love❤

I'm going to Belgium tomorrow! Leige though, the other side of the country. I visited Ghent , Bruges and Brussels in the past and am going back in March. Glad you're having fun. The meat is often horse.

Alisa, I’m with you. Not a fan of mussels! Never have been, never will be. Bruges looks like an amazing place!! It’s been really high on my bucket list for a couple of years now.

Chocolate in Belgium is awesome

I said I'd never eat mussels and then my sister had me try some that were in a white wine and butter sauce. Yummo! They don't taste as snotty as oysters.😊

That's a rough time of year to explore Belgium. I have experience of living in Paris only in winter months, and it's colder than London (even though its further south). Belgium will be hot in summer, just like everywhere else.

Lol so I had been thinking of a side trip to go shopping with my main London trip and thought of Bruges. But then I saw there are places I'd like to go in Brussels and oh! Antwerp diamonds, gotta check that out. Sooooo now Belgium has to be its own separate trip. I'm going to Edinburgh as my side trip to London😂

Oh, every country has it great places (even though you weren't expecting much from Belgium). I've been in nearly every European country, and each one has its fair share of fantastic locations. There's not one I wouldn't go back to for a deeper exploration.

Bruges is one of my favorite places in Europe. We lived in Germany for three years and we went often, especially during the Christmas market season. I think the chocolate is better in Bruges than in France or Switzerland.

We will be there next May on our transatlantic cruise! Looking forward to finally being able to place a poppy and Canadian flag on the grave of my uncle who was killed in WWII.

This was awesome. I'm the no mussels person. I also don't really care for chocolate. It's ok but I won't go crazy to get some, Lol... Thank you for taking us along with you as always. ❤❤

If you want good French fries, mix mayo and teriyaki sauce for a dip! Soooo good!!

I always have mayo with my fries. They do it in the Netherlands as well. Their mayo is yellow and tastes different than here in Canada and US it’s delicious. This city is incredible. The movie “In Bruges” was filmed there. It’s a gorgeous looking movie.

@EECCTravels

5 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, we need to watch that movie!

I dip my fries in ketchup and mayo mixed together. YUM

The bridge also had the dark Knight protecting the bridge that would force travelers to answer a riddle or they would be sucked up into the air and die lol

I love mussels you are so funny !! But you did try it

Get out of here with that white chocolate! LOL. Actually I really want to go to Bruges for their Christmas market sometime.

Hey alisa, how did they build the buildings around the water

0:22 opting for a whole day in 1 city was the smart decision. It's so American wanting to visit as many places as possible in as little time as possible. But you need at least a whole day to get a basic view of either city. 1:34 I guess the trees are leaning in one direction because of the prevailing strong winds from the seaside. Bruges is only 20 km away from the coast.

Mayo and fries are the best!

What company did they use for the guided tour? Looks so amazing ❤

Where qe can catch the train or bus from zeebruzze port to bruze ithank vety much

Where did you get this walking excursion ? Or you did it by your self

I prefer to dip fries in a mixture of ketchup and mayo. The person I picked this up from said she learned this combo in Belgium

Best episode ever! Your presentation and visuals are amazing! ❤

Muscles yum, clams no, and raw oysters know. Dee just had a raw oyster.

They eat a lot of things in Europe that you guys may have never come across, so you need to be prepared, and with a menu translator. We have a little of such "non-orthodox" food in Britain, the one that comes most readily to mind is haggis with whiskey sauce.

How long was the bus ride from the ship to Bruges?

@flitsertheo

4 ай бұрын

Takes about an hour on a straight stretch of motorway.

We will be in Bruges in October. How are they with speaking English?

@wheelpov

5 ай бұрын

In the places where tourists come, people speak Flemish, French, English, German and basically everything necessary to do business. On the walk along the tourist traps people speak English (if they feel like it).

@EECCTravels

5 ай бұрын

They speak fluent English

I trust Jason food reviews you must of been a cook or chef

@johnwelch5132

5 ай бұрын

He’s a keen and very good cook😊

Lovely video. Ghent is beautiful too, including the McDonalds.

Wasn't mayonnaise invented for the purpose of dipping fries?

I'm new to your channel, your great tour guides love to go to Belgium

my new hobby is watching KZread videos of tourists visiting Bruges. Hilarious! You walk from one tourist trap to another! Didn't you notice that where you went there were never any locals in sight? The highlight of your video is the part in the Mozart house (where no Bruges resident will ever eat) using the serving spoon to eat is hilarious and the dishes you choose... the most typical tourist food, horrible! Too bad you visited Bruges but didn't experience Bruges.

@rebeccalyons1327

5 ай бұрын

So where should we go? I’ll be there in May for a day.

@wheelpov

5 ай бұрын

@@rebeccalyons1327 Hey Rebecca, May is a very nice time to visit Bruges. Are you coming by cruise ship? Zeebrugge or Ghent? It is best to visit the city with a local resident, but the locals are a bit tired of all the tourists visiting Bruges. One option is to join a free tour on the Grote Markt. These are young guides who (for a tip) lead tourists in small groups away from the well-trodden tourist route. What's also fun is rent a bike and explore the city. As long as you stay within the city walls, it is almost impossible to get lost. And don't forget, Bruges people don't eat waffles, they don't buy their chocolate at the expensive tourist shops but at the (better and cheaper) shops such as Leonidas (there is a shop in every village, but only 1 shop in Bruges). We like to drink a beer, but all those special beers are for tourists, the better ones are "West Vleteren, Orval,strafe Hendrik, duvel and Omer". Most restaurants serve expensive substandard food. The further you go from the market and the hustle and bustle, the better the food and service. Mussels, stew, meatballs and croquettes are not recommended in Bruges. Find the places where there are no foreign tourists. Anyway, enjoy your visit. Kind regards, Wheelpov.

@flitsertheo

4 ай бұрын

Did you see the quantity of food he ate at that restaurant ? First some of the mussels, then the meatball tomato soup and finally some of the beer stew too.The mixture alone would send me to the nearest bathroom.

@wheelpov

4 ай бұрын

@@flitsertheo Unbelievable, it's no wonder that the restaurants on the tourist route serve rubbish, the tourists eat everything! And they like it too! There are many really good restaurants in Bruges, but you have to make the effort to find them. We Belgians are Burgundians and love good food. The freshness and quality together with the experience of the staff are very important to us. Tourist food is mainly prepared cheaply, served quickly and pricey.

Oh my goodness I would hate sitting in the restaurant with such rude noisy people sitting behind. Terrible. Food looks great