Why Kortrijk? The little town in west Flanders seemed a like a good point for riding bikes, jumping on over to Lille, France and visiting some of the smaller breweries in the region (coming soon). A common sight you'll see around town are golden spurs in reference to The Battle of Golden Spurs in 1302. Kortrijk was also a battleground during both world wars and nearly bombed out of existence by the allies in 1944 though a few medieval structures remain. Our accommodations were at someone's home turned bed and breakfast. As an added bonus, the carnival was in town.
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| A Tour of Flanders racing team camping out in front of Kortrijk's train station. |
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| Old apartments coming down. |
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| Memorial near our house. |
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| Your guess is as good as mine. |
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| A different kind of trampoline at Groeningebridge and Albertpark. There is even a skate bowl if you want to bring your board and do so some shredding. |
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| Catching some air. |
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| The strangest carnival attraction we didn't take a photo of was where you can climb into a giant bubble and bump into others while in a pool of water. |
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| The carnival artwork was pretty sweet, like this mural that has people breaking into the apartment and a woman's lover (or a John skipping on his bill) leaving via a fire escape. |
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| Parrots and boobs. |
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| Frolicking in the water and the unhappy banana vendor. |
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| Fun House |
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| The city on the Leie. |
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| Lille, France was a short 30-minute train ride and seeing the Depeche Mode poster was Ana's favorite part. |
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| French artist Jean-François Fourtou's installation Tombée du Ciel (Fallen from the sky) might be the best sight in Lille |
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| Lille center. |
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| Paul's Boutique is Kortrijk's punk rock burger stop. Yes, that is a vegan burger with real bacon on it. |
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| Gravenkapel (The Court's Chapel) |
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| St. Elisabeth Beguinage |
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| Jack'it Seriously Hot Potatoes. Just jack it! seriously. |
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