布鲁日 (The killer has no Holidays )

7月4日 星期三 Wednesday, July 4

今天坐了城际快车去了布鲁日,非常方便,大概有20多分钟的车程就到了。布鲁日应该是比利时很著名一座城市,整个城市可以说是一座水城,纵横交错并蜿蜒而行的古老的河道贯穿着整个城市,很多有几百年历史的建筑依河而建,这里经常被称作“北方的威尼斯”。走在鹅卵石铺的小巷中,众多的中世纪建筑,众多的哥特式风格的教堂,每个转角处都是一幅画般的景色;再点缀着众多的餐厅,蕾丝店,巧克力店,旅游纪念品店,糖果店,手工艺品,画店等等,使布鲁日似乎多有了很多的商业气息。布鲁日整座城市在两次世界大战中幸存,基本上保留了中世纪的样貌,很多建筑虽然有经过修缮,但是那种历史感是没有磨灭的。2000年布鲁日被列为世界文化遗产。

Today we took the Intercity Express to Bruges, which conveniently just about 25 minutes from Ghent. Bruges is a very famous city in Belgium, the whole city is criss-crossed with winding ancient river channels throughout the city and many centuries-old buildings built right on the river; which is why Bruges is often called, “the Venice of the north.”

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布鲁日100年前 – 100 Years ago – “In Bruges”

Today we are visiting Bruges to explore this beautiful town of cobble stone streets and canals lined with medieval architecture – and now, including throngs of tourists. We first went through the Beguinage community,  formerly a loosely religious order of women who lived there without taking vows but was originally inhabited by nuns of the Order of St. Benedict dating to the 12th century.

今天我俩去布鲁日,去探索这个有着鹅卵石的街道和依运河而建的中世纪建筑的美丽城市,现在这里充满了游客。我俩先到了贝居安会院, 这个地方最初是一些修女居住的地方,后来变成一些有宗教信仰但是没有宣誓的女人们居住的地方。

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