Christmas in Belgium (and Luxembourg too!)

In 2006, hubby and I went to Europe for Christmas. It was kind of strange not being home on Christmas day. In fact, our Christmas day consisted of driving from Luxembourg City to Esch-sur-Sure, then on to Leuven in Belgium, where we had Chinese food for supper :-)

Esch-sur-Sure, Luxembourg — December 25, 2006

Leuven, Belgium — December 25, 2006

We took a bunch of pictures, but a lot of them were at night and didn’t come out too well. Here are some of the better ones, starting with this super-huge ornament hanging from the ceiling of the airport in Zurich:

Santas hanging from window sills or crawling through windows or sticking out of windows were popular…

 

Christmas lights in the square in Bruges. This is where the Christmas market is—do you see the little wood huts?? There’s also a skating rink.

Here’s a much better picture from Flickr:

Lights on a street in Luxembourg City…

A shopping mall in Ghent…

Decorations in Damme, which is just outside of Bruges… this guy sang a Christmas song when you walked by him :-)

 

Festive doors…

I love the architecture in Bruges.

The city is over 700 years old, and a lot of the buildings date that far back, including the B&B we stayed at. Some simple and pretty decorations at the B&B…

 

Shop windows in Bruges… I LOVE these hanging balls!!

Simple but elegant lighting display with a Christmas tree… 

More trees…

And I just love these colourful trees…

I HAD to buy one!! Well, actually, I started out buying a little bright pink one…

…then a friend convinced me to go back and buy a little bright green one too :-) I did that the next morning while hubby was still sleeping :-)

I love the itty-bitty balls, especially the pink disco ones :-)

So there’s a little taste of Christmas in Belgium & Luxembourg for you :-) Have you celebrated Christmas in another country or in an unusual way?? Or is there somewhere you’d like to go for Christmas?? Leave us a comment and tell us about it :-)