Vollenhove

 As we had a late check out, we decided to walk for a few hours around Bruges, it was just too lovely to leave. We were looking in particular for a picture bridge. Parentheses add this bridge name later. We then drove to Hove which was a beautiful drive Along the way we saw hundreds of wind turbines doting the landscape and also a few colourful tulip fields. When we got to the hotel we were greeted by the manager and also the woman who overseas the property. The woman told us that Bonner gifted the country of Holland to his younger brother in this palace was his first home. She showed us his bedroom which is now used as a dining room. It did smell rather musty I guess that’s too expected from the building that was built in blank. in our room we found earplugs which we thought was a rather nice touch until the owner told us why we received them . Tonight is Brommernacht when some of the local villagers ride around town from 430 until 830 without their mufflers making lots of noise in order to scare away the evil spirits we were lucky enough to hear the village away that started riding at midnight.. Although we got very little sleep, I really liked this quirky tradition and liked the hotel. Before we went to bed, we hiked around the back of the hotel where there was a hiking trail marked out led to ruins and it was definitely ruins it. It was just a small piece of wall remaining.