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September 23, 2006
The train journey to Ostend from Bruges is only 15 minutes, so we stay in Bruges and commute to Beaufort 2006 for the next couple of days. At Ostend we buy two three-day passes for the De Lijn coastal trams. At 10 Euros each for the three days it works out cheaper than individual tickets for 2 days. We head West to De Panne and make our way back, getting off at selected stops. The sun manages to shine all day on the coast.De Panne is where the highlight of the whole event is. Andries Botha's African Curios. A small herd of wooden elephants on the beach next to the Canadezenplein. At the other end of the beach is a huge lime tree carved into a boat, which some middle aged herbert is carving his initials into as we arrive with a very scary looking knife. So we leave him to it. I have a photo of him, if Bart De Zutter [the artist] wants to track him down, as he wouldn't get out of the way either! We stop for a Stella Artois [well, I had to try one while I was here] and another Kreik. The Stella tastes nothing like the stuff we get here. Far better.
Next stop for us is Koksidje. We realise that we can't see everything so have to be selective. Mimmo Paladino's installation, I Dormienti, is set among the ruins of the Duinenabdij. And it's pretty eerie there even without these dormant figures in every nook and cranny. See my Flickr photos here.
The Fallen Sky, by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, is disappointing. We thought it was going to be a large mirror in the sand reflecting the sky, but instead is a poor painting fenced off by some makeshift railings. It looks better in the photograph. Nieuwpoort is nice though.
The last stop, before heading back to Ostende for the train, is Middlekerke-Westende for David Cerny's Babies. Three large, faceless, black babies crawling from the beach. Here. We miss the tram so we go get an ice cream while we wait for the next one.
We eat at De Zandloper back in Bruges. far more manageable portions and a bit cheaper. sam has a Beef Stew this time and I have Chicken Vol-Au-Vent. Kind of like a Chick Pot Pie rather than those party things your mum makes. Some more Kreik's and a Tongerlo Dubbel Bruin, an Abbey beer.
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