Coffee Club visits Bruges

Six intrepid Coffee Clubbers went to the Bruges/Ghent Christmas Markets and more importantly the 'Chocolate Shops'. Although the weather was against us (it teemed down) it didn't dampen the shopping spirit. Drenched through, we sat in a coffee shop and treated ourselves to the special hot chocolate - a cup of steaming milk with a chunk of chocolate on a stick to melt in it, sheer heaven!! The Christmas markets were beautiful; the Continentals really know how to do Christmas.

Sunday saw us shopping again at 'Cite Europe', French bread, cheese and wine, we did it all. Only then did we find out that the ferries had been cancelled on Saturday because of stormy weather and were running two hours late, so there we sat dreading the crossing back, but fortunately it wasn't too bad. The Captain assured us the stabilisers were on, but having 'Duty Free' helped. The time soon went and there were the white cliffs and home. We were tired and very weary but all agreed we had had a great time, a good laugh and lots of chocolate, so thank you Pat for arranging it all and where are we going next? Eurostar to Paris for lunch!!!

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