Brooderie Ghent

... drizzling quite a bit here in Gent, but that's ok...

Tomorrow I'll try and brave the weather (here's hoping for some more sunshine) around Gent. My last full day in Belgium, since on Monday I take a train out to Dusseldorf, to spend my last night in Germany and Europe with my first hosts. Then, I leave around noon from the Dusseldorf airport to Fort Myers, back in the states. Last 3 days....

... and pasta dish with tomato sauce, mushrooms, celery, onion, garlic, etc. Fantastic and delicious. Afterwards, we met up with a few (mainly local) CSers at a bar near her house, where we played some board games and "werewolf" which wasn't too bad. Most of them were quite friendly and I had a nice time.

We came home not too late, as I was to go to Brugges the next day.

... driving) but the motorways were so good - 3 lanes each way, hardly any traffic at all, and really smooth. The motorways in France have a speed limit of 130kph in the dry, and 110kph in the wet, so either way they were faster and more direct than the meandering country roads with a 90kph limit.

Part of the way along, we came across team Les Pompiers, and they drove past us waving our aerial at us! We soon caught up and received it back though...at about 130kph!

We stopped ...

... the best way to learn about the beer produced in all of the neighboring provinces. The staff was so helpful when looking through the twenty page menu, they have seriously tried all 200 beers. The Belgian beer is also very strong, so after a couple of drink we decided it was time to try some of the local food.
There are two french fry carts sitting in the town square, the competition is steep between ...

... the market and the shops and then went on a boat ride which was fantastic, after which we went to a tea-room which claimed to have the best hot chocolate in town, and it was really good! It was incredibly sickly though and gave both Erin and I a headache for the ride home!

Altogether a really fun day out in Bruges, truffles bought, Belgian food eaten and Belgian alcohol drunk, and Belgian chocolate drunk! This is another place where we will definitely be returning!!

Washington: Lehet cigizni! Kinaiak puszikat dobalnak az Eszternek.
Vegas: A szimpi mokus repulorol Donald elvisz a szallodaba.Jo beszelgetes erdekes ember.
E: hagyjuk annyit maszni amennyit csak lehet a repulest jol birja de a vegen bog.Donald irto turelmesen birja mellettunk.

... chocolates, gingerbread cookies and sugar coated, jelled candies. On the top and final tier are six jars. Each filled with scrumptious jams and sauces. Of course Mia made these. The first one I tasted was a chocolate sauce that had the consistency of peanut butter but melted the instance you put it in your mouth. Really creamy and chocolately. After one taste, I had to try the rest. There was a peanut butter that was just as creamy and had a hint of ...

... a movie set, but it was the real deal. It was absolutely charming, and quite beautiful to look at. It was swarming with tourists. The streets were choked with them. Once again, we did a ton of walking (dodging the throngs as we went), just looking at the sites. We also took a brewery tour, and got a free pint at the end. Thankfully, Terri hates beer, so I got her free pint as well. Good deal. Someone had the gall to ask our tour guide about light beer, and got an earful from her, and ...

... where Manekin **** was again (lucky me) but there was this old gentleman making Belgian style escargot (snails basically for those of you not familiar with the term). In most of France, particularly in the Burgundy region which is the most famous region of France for eatting escargot or for any French delicacy for that matter, the snails are cooked normally in a small cassarole like: the snails, meat and all are placed like in a special dish with a ...

... I think that if you nuked the place, we would miss the cheap alcohol shops, but that is all. Is this the only reason for it's existence? Well, we went shopping to fill our boot up with wine and cheese. We had run out recently and needed to refill the old racks. You never know when people are going to drop around. So we did this. Onwards we went, back to the old customs booths. Lucy handed over the passports, and I started to get undressed. May as well get ...