Best laid plans

Well, when services go as expected they are wonderful. When they don’t, it can be more than a little annoying and inconvenient. For most of our trips (until recently) the airport service that we use has been amazing. Sweeping through immigration and customs like visiting heads of state. In our last 3 trips (2 for… Continue reading Best laid plans

Belgium Beer List – Summer 2007

Here it is, as promised. Jack’s blog has most of the tasting notes to go along with the beers. If you are a beer snob, read ’em and weep. BRUSSELS Delirium Cafe: St. Idesbad Trippel (bottle) Radenmacher Blond (tap) Rulles Trippel (tap) Rodenbach Grand Cru (bottle) Poechenellekelder: Val Dieu Triple (bottle) Guillotine (bottle) Bottle Shop… Continue reading Belgium Beer List – Summer 2007

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“We’re here for the BEER.” – part 4: Antwerp, Mechelen and Brussels (again)

Sorry for the delay on this last Belgium post, we HAD to go to Brno for the MotoGP, and I didn’t get a chance to finish before we left. 🙂 Our trip to Antwerp was a nightmare. It was raining, we were tired from Hopduvel, and when we boarded the train, the car we’d gotten… Continue reading “We’re here for the BEER.” – part 4: Antwerp, Mechelen and Brussels (again)

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Relaxing (?) in Amsterdam

With sad hearts, we left Seattle on July 1st. We arrived in Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam VERY early on the morning of the 2nd. We’d decided on 3 nights in Amsterdam before going to (as Jack put it) “The Holy Land” – Belgium. We could have stayed MUCH longer in Amsterdam, had that been our destination.… Continue reading Relaxing (?) in Amsterdam

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