Germany 2007, Day Sixteen, Belgium

Day sixteen 18th June

The plan was to go back into town, have a walk round following the canal/river and then a visit the Bruges Zot brewery.  First I went down to reception to find the closest dentist, they were very helpful and even drew me a map of how to get there but in the end, as it wasn't hurting, I didn't bother, I just looked daft.

Walked in to town again, through the town gates along by the river passed the windmills and then anticlockwise around the town following the canal. 

Stopped off for a while on the river to watch the road lift to let a pleasure cruiser pass through.  We spent the majority of the day just enjoying the views along the canal, it is much quieter away from the bars and shops.

Stopped off in the centre for a bite to eat and also took some time in the shops getting a few presents like Belgian chocolates.  We had a wander round an art exhibition just off the main square, very modern and I liked it a lot, not sure what Dot thought though.

By the time we got to the brewery it was late in the afternoon, just too late for the last tour, so we consoled ourselves a drink in their bar, anyway we can always do the tour next time we are here, probably as soon next year.

We made our way back to the area of the bars we had been in the day before only this time the other way round (we were coming down the street the other way), the largest beer shop in the world at least had a draught beer on this time. Next it was back at the hotel courtyard from yesterday, all of the motorcycles had now gone and we had a drink at another of the hotel bars in there, it was advertising 125 different beers but of course they didn't have them, only about seven at any one time. The barman recommended a beer with a hoppy taste, so I ended up the hoppiest beer ever, enough hops to last me for a while anyway.

Not really wanting another one of them we headed off for something to eat but the cafe/bar we went in on the canal had stopped serving, so we had a beer and decided we would head back to the van and that I would cook.

The bus was on time. As we got ready to get off at our usual stop, we noticed that the stop before ours was outside the Carrefour supermarket so we quickly hoped off there. The plan now was to get bread and something to go with it for a quick meal and we did just that but on the way out we noticed the cafe was serving a three course special. We didn't quite understand what the offer was but a very helpful waitress led us through it, so we got that and a couple of beers. We could use the stuff we had bought for a picnic on our drive to the ferry tomorrow. The food was good and cheap, so good we thought we would come back for lunch tomorrow, this would set us up for out travels home, we where intending to come back over for beer stocks and with our empties anyway.