We took our umbrella and went out. We walked down small streets with tons of shops with lace, tapestry, and “Belgium” chocolates. We bought a box of course. Yum! We walked over to the square where the “Belford Tower” is. The square was full of café’s. The tower bells were ringing all the time. It is very romantic especially in the rain. There was hardly anyone out, it was so peaceful and quite except for the sound of a bird here and there and the church and bells! Mike said it reminded him of “Bavaria.”






Marketplace also contained the City Hall and “Heileg Bloedbasiliek” that is part of “St. Basil’s Church”, which is said to have a vile of Christ’s blood. It was closed so we may try to go back tomorrow before we head for France.

We ate dinner at “Restaurant Tom Pouce” in the square where the “Belford Tower” is. It was a very cozy café and it was yummy. Mike had steak and I had pork steak.

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 We headed down “Blinde Ezelstraat” it’s a very picturesque street that leads from the square to a really pretty picture of the canals. It looked like while we were eating that it was a well know short cut through the square too! We walked around for a while longer and saw a ton of cathedrals. This is an absolutely beautiful place. You can tell that this city was very wealthy at one time. It is so cool. We headed back to the hotel. We checked some emails then headed to the pool and sauna. It was a very cool area and we had it all to ourselves!!!













Tuesday May 9, 2006
We got up and went to breakfast in our hotel it was very nice! 



We walked back over to “Belford Tower” and climbed the 366 tunnel like spiral stairs to the top. It was a beautiful view from the top and the bells were constant since lucky for us the bell Carillion was there playing for a group of school kids. It was really cool. We went back into the church with the vile of the blood of Christ; the “Heileg Bloedbasiliek.” There was a ton of school age kids there it looked like taking a test or filling in blanks on a handout for school all about the church; so it was kind of crowded plus we couldn’t read a thing so who knows where that vile was?? It was interesting anyway!







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We walked around a bit more stopped and got some chocolates again. Last night it was so quite and hardly anyone out today the square is full of people and tons of school kids and youth. This place is booming with people this morning! We also stopped and got bread, cheese, and cured ham to take with us for lunch. We also bought a lace handkerchief with a “T” on it for Taylor we thought it would be cool for her to someday take to the temple. What better place to get lace then from “Belgium.” Just outside the shop where we got her lace we saw two missionaries go by on their bikes, of course I had to say “Hi Elders!” Wow what a cool mission this would be. We got another “Belgium” waffle since we were leaving today, plus remember they are very good for you too! We started out to “Honfleur,France”where we will be staying the night.



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