0108b BLIND DONKEY STREET…
Tour of Europe 04 2016
Day 12
A FUN STORY…
The Brugge inhabitants are renowned for their fine sense of humour, and I always feel it is reflected in names of streets, places, houses, shops, food/drink and lots of other things!
We proceed to the very short Blinde Ezelstraat, the little street jining the Fish-market square and beautiful square: THE BURG.
Don’t forget to look up to the lovely arch between City Hall and Old Civil Registry, do you see Solomon? Left of him is the statue of Prosperity, to the right the statue of Peace.
According to legend, Blinde Ezelstraat (Blind Donkey Street) owes its name to…
a blind donkey. The house in the left-hand corner hugging the Canal used to house a mill driven by a donkey. In order to preserve the poor animal from the depressing thought that the only thing it had to do was turn endless rounds, a blindfold
was put on the donkey. A new street name was born.
I wish you a day full of beauty and thank you for your visit, Magda, (*_*)
For more of my other work visit here: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved
0108b BLIND DONKEY STREET…
Tour of Europe 04 2016
Day 12
A FUN STORY…
The Brugge inhabitants are renowned for their fine sense of humour, and I always feel it is reflected in names of streets, places, houses, shops, food/drink and lots of other things!
We proceed to the very short Blinde Ezelstraat, the little street jining the Fish-market square and beautiful square: THE BURG.
Don’t forget to look up to the lovely arch between City Hall and Old Civil Registry, do you see Solomon? Left of him is the statue of Prosperity, to the right the statue of Peace.
According to legend, Blinde Ezelstraat (Blind Donkey Street) owes its name to…
a blind donkey. The house in the left-hand corner hugging the Canal used to house a mill driven by a donkey. In order to preserve the poor animal from the depressing thought that the only thing it had to do was turn endless rounds, a blindfold
was put on the donkey. A new street name was born.
I wish you a day full of beauty and thank you for your visit, Magda, (*_*)
For more of my other work visit here: www.indigo2photography.com
Please do not use this image on websites, blogs or any other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved