Hey guys, Happy Thanksgiving!.. if you're celebrating that is. I was going to make a thanksgiving dinner with people here but we found out too late that turkeys are usually only sold around christmas time... so we're making chicken and other tasty things instead. I just got back this morning from Belgium. Walter, you were saying that Brussels isn't a very nice city, but I found it to be rather nice, lots of cool old european looking buildings and fun little old french taverns.
The beer was also a very cool part of the experience: they are famous for the hundreds of different types of beers they have, some are called abbey beers, and there are fruit beers; these sound like they would be bad and too sweet, but some are actually quite good if not interesting. Some are just like really good quality tasting cider, but others are really interesting in that they taste slightly sweet and bitter at the same time, and have a lovely spritsyness to them. One I had was called "gueze", and was my favourite, and another one I had tasted like a cross between a stout, mixed with some sweetness and something tasting like the spices used in christmas ham. Most places I went to had a massive selection of beers, and I didn't end up even getting to sample stella artois; I figured that would be boring. My friends and I met up with Byron in Brussels and we took a train to Bruges, which is a gorgeous town filled with lovely buildings, canals and bridges; just what one would like to find in an old european city. We also stopped in Ghent on the way back, which was also a very nice medieval looking town with canals and cathedrals and whatnot...trop charmant! I took 498 pictures, some of which im trying to put on picassa which won't work right now...Anywho, hope you guys are making some tasty turkey over there, ill try to get some picture up soon if ya like!
The beer was also a very cool part of the experience: they are famous for the hundreds of different types of beers they have, some are called abbey beers, and there are fruit beers; these sound like they would be bad and too sweet, but some are actually quite good if not interesting. Some are just like really good quality tasting cider, but others are really interesting in that they taste slightly sweet and bitter at the same time, and have a lovely spritsyness to them. One I had was called "gueze", and was my favourite, and another one I had tasted like a cross between a stout, mixed with some sweetness and something tasting like the spices used in christmas ham. Most places I went to had a massive selection of beers, and I didn't end up even getting to sample stella artois; I figured that would be boring. My friends and I met up with Byron in Brussels and we took a train to Bruges, which is a gorgeous town filled with lovely buildings, canals and bridges; just what one would like to find in an old european city. We also stopped in Ghent on the way back, which was also a very nice medieval looking town with canals and cathedrals and whatnot...trop charmant! I took 498 pictures, some of which im trying to put on picassa which won't work right now...Anywho, hope you guys are making some tasty turkey over there, ill try to get some picture up soon if ya like!
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