European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Lady neck mls bed i to i gothic in it tilth was transformed cur ones the City in painting in a Golden i began to its id life As the River flow ill port of Antwerp stole i it suffered of pie Bruges to disturb a finders has been a eur Bruges was Seldom i Blind monuments we rent my estate speculators so when growing pros i Iton to live and work in the town a and Riff was confined to will explained put i Rign and if you my special permission jew Are willing to do it put electric bulbs in mk4 everybody else 8t Kofu weve saved More m la Mori l and youself on City u out one All i Dor is used for wed rms of the municipal coun loot 4j Fain pm Atlas Bruges most straddling the old Day tourist Square but the not repositories of the i cites inde a ruins one of the 7 f and turns it Over to the foundation for there remain about 400 2ty and Ounda Lon Hope to Complete the task within five it Hast been easy on the towns this restoration if they have i foot ceilings and 10foot they must keep even if heating Bills Are or heating is next to cant Good 20thcentury structures be built Side beside with the Good Century some times several centuries coexisting on the same Street or Square so far the consensus is Leonard Hill is and Friday and wants at tackle face Steep a Raj arable buildings with Vou gain the coveted sundays and Bruges hallmark Stone i Invar Misiun Init tul Bobbin lace from Bruges was once coveted throughout t a on Day tour Only Way to see Bruges is on starting from the Burn or the Mark making your Way along the Rozenbom Ednaal and the the streets fronting on the delightful old canal which cuts through the then following the canal past the guru Siuse Palace museum and the Church of our lady to the Beo Inhof Begu Inage and Ahmei Zajer Lake of along the Way youll and May wish to most of the cites bes known to museums and other be tween the Belfry and the Day for a diminutive courtyard off the Wou Esbrayat is called Burgundy walk through the Street Gate to the canal of our Memling a local is Bruges Pride there is a generous sampling of his work the particular Talent of the Painter is to Hla depiction of religious mysticism through the Fervour of facial open from to and from 2 to 6 from Here you leave the canal Edge momentarily on turn right into narrow Wal Straat to see the charming a Small Square with no single outstanding Only the characteristic Row of gabled then continue to the the beg Inhof better known by the lib by tet Kotc w u1c of Lull for one of the most picturesque views you Tov Bou Goensch Hof and the Bourgon Scheja Croyce facing the famous due de Bourgogne hotel restaurant across the narrow if you walk around to the Entrance of the due de youll Dud another charming tiny from walk up to the Dyver the following Way stations Are of particular interest to the on Day the Day tourist office beneath the Belfry on the Muriel Square also offers a convenient and free English language map guide with suggested the Groe Olage museum if you have time for Only one indoor let it be in a splendid example of a really single Story where there is Gen Erous spacing Between paintings and not too Many of them to digest in any one some excellent examples of Bruges Golden age Are to be no Rubens though there is the Wor Diamous lost judgment triptych by Heironymus but there Are also Wori of Jan Van Eyck and Hugo Van Der of Hans Pieter Bruegel the Gerard some Modem belgian painting is also open from to and from t la Gnor True museum this was once the Manor of the lords of an exam ple of a great old building of Bruges great ugh u still has its old wooden beamed gothic win Dows the museum proper contains not Only furniture and Art objects but also household Copper lamps old Irons baking holds and other Kitchen open from to noon and 2 to t from july 1 to there Are Sounda Dlight performances every night except no Only music and Subtle plays of Light on the Palace the and the adjacent Church Pound of Small it was built for devout women who desired to live in a Community and Wear religious dress while being free to go out into the world in the notably to engage in charitable similar institutions survive in Louvain and Cour Lral in and there is another example in downtown Amsterdam of the 13th Century of founded by a countess of is perhaps the most wonderful of them once across the arched canal you enter a very severe looking old Gate and then you Are in what is almost literally an Island of Calm although it is Only partly encircled by the Small White attached cottages surround a Large irregular Square planted with tall Trees and seasonal there is a Small Church and a con this entire City within a City May be considered a for the beguine houses Are now occupied by Benedictine nuns who Wear the traditional costume dating Back to the Middle one of the Small houses immediately to the left As you walk through the Gate is open to give visitors an idea of How the be Gules have lived her Over the open 9 a m to my Uealer a few Steps farther on this Lake of love completes the once a focal Point of the towns As us Toner it is now just about the most Placid cityscape Call it landscape in one of the favorite activities of is the boat tour through the Avail Able during the warm months from Day break to Sunset no fixed schedules boats leave when More or Leas filled to capacity these boats also from june to during the nightly illumination of the cites buildings and there Are five Landing stages along the itinerary lust above for on the to Zephoe Kaai and the la the stars and stripes Page 15
