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	<title>Ben and Alonna &#187; 08.23 &#8211; Belgium</title>
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		<title>Keeping Bruges Horse Poop Free</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bullet-Point Ben</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the less endearing aspects of Bruges was the tourist carriage rides.  They come flying down the narrow roads and alleys, CLIPPITY-CLOPPETY-CLIPPITY-CLOPPETY, and you have to dive out of the way &#8212; onto sidewalks that are already crowded &#8212; to avoid being run over by a big, sweaty, smelly beast.  My advice: if you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the less endearing aspects of Bruges was the tourist carriage rides.  They come flying down the narrow roads and alleys, CLIPPITY-CLOPPETY-CLIPPITY-CLOPPETY, and you have to dive out of the way &#8212; onto sidewalks that are already crowded &#8212; to avoid being run over by a big, sweaty, smelly beast.  My advice: if you want the quaint experience of getting around the way people used to hundreds of years ago, try walking.</p>
<p>Eventually, we started to wonder, all these horses &#8211; and there are a LOT of these horses and carriages running around Bruges &#8211; but no horse crap.  How&#8217;s that work?  We figured they must use horse diapers.</p>
<div id="attachment_948" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://www.benandalonna.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Bruges-crap-catcher.1200.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-948" title="Bruges-crap-catcher.1200" src="http://www.benandalonna.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/Bruges-crap-catcher.1200-300x225.jpg" alt="What will they think of next?" width="300" height="225" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">What will they think of next?</p></div>
<p>But it turns out the answer is a clever device, a sort of crap-catcher.  They attach it to the rear of the animal and it collects the payload in a little pouch at the bottom.  Must be fun to empty that at the end of the day.</p>
<p>Still, a clever invention.  Unlike a <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8820255@N03/2453967807/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.flickr.com/photos/8820255_N03/2453967807/?referer=');">horse diaper</a>, it&#8217;s hard to spot.</p>
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		<title>Cute Medieval Bruges</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alonna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent one night and most of two days in Bruges, Belgium.  Unfortunately, we chose the WRONG time to go &#8211; it was a Saturday and Sunday and completely overrun with tourists.  The main streets were packed and it just wasn&#8217;t very pleasant.  However, we found the town totally adorable, and just one or two [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We spent one night and most of two days in Bruges, Belgium.  Unfortunately, we chose the WRONG time to go &#8211; it was a Saturday and Sunday and completely overrun with tourists.  The main streets were packed and it just wasn&#8217;t very pleasant.  However, we found the town totally adorable, and just one or two streets off the main drag was empty and completely charming.  <span id="more-937"></span>We also had a great time trying all the &#8216;typical&#8217; Belgium food and drink&#8230; waffles, fries with mayo, AMAZING chocolate, and beer.  Yummy.  All in all, I would definitely recommend Bruges to others, but please do not go on a summer weekend, it kind of ruined the place for us.  I can imagine being there on a quiet weekday and just falling in love with the place.</p>

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