More pictures from the canalboat trip.
The homes along the canals were really nice. I love the step look on the facade of these Flemish buildings. We see this in some of the Netherlands, but is very dominant in Belgium.
Its no wonder somebody chose this unheard of town to film a movie in, its stuck in a wonderful place in time.
So in the movie, the two characters are supposed to be ‘chilling out’. This is the hotel that they stayed at in the film. We were to broke to afford it this trip, but a really neat looking place.
I love this picture, with Church of our Lady in the background, and a statue in the foreground, snapped from our canalboat.
We took a walk south of our hotel and came across this interesting round tower..but not really sure what it was…very interesting though…
The Belfry looking glorious at night in the lit up square. Look out below!
We took a walk for some shopping…bought the worlds worst Camembert and Apple quiche that neither of us could stomach a single bite! I did buy a wonderful Belgian salami that I wish I had purchased several more of…next time..I always encourage Saviya to try new foods and even if we hate it, it was an experience. Well in this case, you win some you loose some, that quiche was unimaginably terrible.
Here is the Belfry from inside its square. This building is known as the Halletoren, meaning tower halls. We didn't bother hiking to the top of the Belfry or going in the buildings, just not enough time allowed on this trip (plus the climb up the tower in Cologne’s Dom was still fresh in our minds).
A bit more of the Belfy’s internal square.
So now is a good time to talk Belgian biere! In every city in Belgium the have these shops called ‘Beeratorium’, ‘Beier Palais’ or some variant on the concept that all they sell is beer, and they are the best. The shop behind me I visited several times (a day) on my Bruges trip. It must have had 200+ beers in bottle and most of those they also had the matching beer glass. With no open container law in most of Europe, you can dopily walk around enjoying the sites with a nice cold brew. This particular brand tasted like aluminum can….want my best choice.
So if there was a reality show following me around this weekend, it would have basically looked like this.
And in a tribute to an earlier post about the uber manly beer that my buddy chose to drink out of more than 2000 beer choices….Pink Killer! Go John….You go Girl!
Come on, I know at least of few of you would like to try this! (I’m lookin’ at you Todd)
My favorite beer in Bruges was one from a local brewery. Brugse Zot is like saying ‘local idiot from Bruges’. I found it quite enjoyable…wishing it wasn't 7 euro here in Amsterdam. A clear winner out of the many sampled Belgian beers I sampled that trip.
-Colin
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