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07 April 2006
LIFE Marriage & Bruges
 I am very pleased to formally announced to the world (or at least the web) that last Saturday Natty and I got engaged to be married.
We've not made many plans yet for the wedding other than to hold it within a year. We're both still getting used to the idea!
I took Natty away for a suprise tour to Bruges and stayed in a well appointed 4* called the Hotel Navarra, which was formerly a prince's town residence in the seventeenth century. Her best guess for our destination was Exeter!
 Bruges was a beautifully compact medieval city. The river allowing silted up in the sixteenth century which has meant little development since then. Highlights of the visit (other than the obvious!), were taking the cheesy boat tour around the canals, visiting the Gruuthuse Museum (old house containing various items, including the town's French revolutionary guillotine) and the main art gallery. I am very annoyed that my reasonably new camera died and so was unable to take any photos. The attached photo of Bruges' canal has been stolen from the internet.
I regret to inform you that Natty won the holiday spot the nun competition with her carefully spotting of a singular bicycling nun dressed in brown habit. I had carefully planned a visit to the city's Beguinage but foolishly did this whilst all the religious were busy singing vespers!
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