Grand Tour, Day 16: Bruges Tuesday

Emilio writes:

Once everybody got up, my mom, Nina, Pablo, and I went downstairs to eat breakfast. It was delicious! I ate two eggs, cantaloupe, pineapple, two mini donuts, a croissant, and a glass of orange juice. (I didn't actually eat the glass of orange juice, I just drank the orange juice in it.)  

After breakfast, we went on a boat ride down a canal, and we saw swans and ducks. It was cool! At the very end, it started raining really hard, so we went to the Groenige Museum.

The most memorable painting was a painting about Achilles posing as a girl. I don't remember who it was by. 

The painting above is supposed to symbolize Peace beating War. The people on the carriage represent Peace, and the guy that is about to get run over represents War. I think it's gross that they are trying to run over that guy.

The painting above depicts the Last Supper. I don't understand how everybody is supposed to share that one loaf of bread. Even if they did somehow find a way to share that bread, they would still be hungry afterwards. I think the guy in the bottom, left-hand corner looks mad. Also, his pinkie looks broken.

By the time we got out of the museum, it had stopped raining. We went to the grocery store and got food for lunch. Then we went swimming for almost three hours. Nina and I raced each other for a while, and then we played tag. Pablo and I played leapfrog for a little bit, also.

Once we had dried off and changed, we went on another walk. We were going to see a sculpture by Michelangelo, but it cost too much money. Then we went back to the hotel to eat dinner. I had bread with hummus, strawberries, corn cakes, and bread with nutella.

Here is a list of my favorite things I did today:

1. Museum

2. Walks

3. Swim