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Day 13

 Adam today for the final day of our amazing trip!

First on the agenda - we needed to get our negative Covid tests today so that we would be permitted to board the airplane tomorrow. Upon waking up around 7:30, we slowly woke up and got ready for our pharmacy appointments (that we had made yesterday) for 8:45 this morning. It was a 10 minute walk from our B&B. 

Once we arrived at the pharmacy, we each took our rapid/antigen Covid tests. The pharmacist (Anna - super nice lady!) told us that she thought it was child abuse to do a nasal swab on such a young child. Nevertheless, we told her to swab away on Luke as it is required for all children aged 2+ upon re-entry into the US (the only country to have such a requirement on young children). Speaking of abuse, when it was my turn she was jabbing the thing so hard into each of my nostrils, I was literally in tears. I then heard her say "Oh, no, some blood" and she handed me a tissue. She was much more delicate with Luke, thankfully. Overall, it was a very easy experience (believe it or not). 

We came back to the B&B to relax for a period of time. But then we knew we needed to find a store to stock up on supplies for our trip tomorrow. At the grocery store down the street, we got some stuff for our early breakfast and snacks for the plane flight. Once we came back to the B&B it was naptime for Luke, and relax time for me and Jessica. After relaxing for an hour or so, I looked out the window and noticed the clouds had cleared and it was actually sunny out - the first time this had happen since we'd been in Bruges. So of course, I had to go outside and explore/take pictures.

I went to all the main sights and snapped some great shots. Back at the B&B, Luke was now awake from his long nap and we hung out together on the window-sill and waved at all the canal boats and swans that were going by. 

Finally, it was time for our last dinner - at De Vlamisch Pot. After a final walk through the town, we arrived at our dinner spot. It was very quaint and fancy at the same time. I ordered the Flemish beef stew and Jessica had the chicken vol-a-vent. As usual, Luke had some of everything including many french fries. All in all, it was a great meal. We were so full that some additional walking was needed. By the time we got back to our B&B we were exhausted once again. Luke went to sleep very easily and we continued with some last minute packing. 

As for tomorrow, we have a short 2.5 hour drive to Paris tomorrow which will conclude our amazing trip!  Thank you to everyone following along.  We will try to remember to make a final blog post tomorrow upon landing and settling back in Burbank!





















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