{"id":13302,"date":"2018-11-24T11:34:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T11:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13302"},"modified":"2018-11-24T11:34:54","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T11:34:54","slug":"curl-up-with-christmas-in-bruges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13302","title":{"rendered":"Curl up with Christmas in Bruges"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Christmas in Bruges is a short story by Meadow Taylor<\/h2>\n<p>Curl up with a good book this winter.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike a number of short stories,this one has a satisfying narrative arc. Good opening, middle and an ending that keeps you guessing where it&#8217;s going to conclude.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Worth reading. It is available from <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Cxp7qq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Cxp7qq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-414 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.files.wordpress.com\/2018\/09\/51ykmp1werl-_sl250_.jpg\" alt=\"51ykmp1werl-_sl250_\" width=\"167\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Plot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Inspired by the beauty depicted in the movie\u00a0In Bruges, Paula decides to spend Christmas by herself in the gorgeous Belgian canal city. One evening at a cozy bistro, she is very pleasantly surprised to meet her old college boyfriend and very first love, James. As they walk through the snowy streets, they laugh at their younger selves and ponder the unexpected course their lives have taken over the past nine years. Paula, a promising actress, became a teacher, while James abandoned medical school to serve as a medic in Afghanistan. But as Christmas Day approaches, James&#8217;s painful war memories threaten their rekindled love.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas in Bruges is a short story by Meadow Taylor Curl up with a good book this winter. Unlike a number of short stories,this one has a satisfying narrative arc. Good opening, middle and an ending that keeps you guessing where it&#8217;s going to conclude. Worth reading. It is available from Amazon. Plot Inspired by &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13302\">More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Curl up with Christmas in Bruges<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[521,662],"tags":[716,717],"class_list":["post-13302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-calendar-events-misc","category-literature","tag-christmas-in-bruges","tag-meadow-taylor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Curl up with Christmas in Bruges - City Adventurers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cityadventurers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=13302\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Curl up with Christmas in Bruges - City Adventurers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christmas in Bruges is a short story by Meadow Taylor Curl up with a good book this winter. 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