Hey Eliza, I know *all* about trying to get a residence qualification in a country of which you are not a citizen.

I am married to a NZ citizen, and still my application to live here took about six months to assess and cost a lot of money. Not to mention the compulsory medical examinations, the police certificates of good behaviour from two countries, and ya de ya da.

But you get through it all eventually. And yes, you will enjoy Bruges, it's a beautiful old place. And genuinely old, not ersatz as so many European cities are. And you *will* have to show the passport, either at the Eurostar station, or the airport or the ferry terminal. But you won't get any stamps in it!