Monthly Archives: September 2015

Recycling and Regret 2

Posted on September 30, 2015 by waywardwine

Not feeling too regretful about these values…

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Antwerp Belgium Pakhuis Brewery Rubens House

Posted on September 28, 2015 by waywardwine

Day 174. After merely a week in Holland, the beer of Belgium calls us. Last post (read here) we toured Rotterdam’s modern core, Delft factory, and enjoyed various beers. This EU Austerity Drinking Tour post, we take train to Antwerp.

We loved Holland. Yet Antwerp, this border town, decidedly looks south to Italy, France, and the extravagance of the Renaissance. We stow our luggage in its monumental opera house…I mean train station: Continue reading →

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Recycling and Regret Week One

Posted on September 21, 2015 by waywardwine

If I do not get around to finishing a real post today, enjoy my first work in the series: Recycling and Regret: wherein we present the remains of a week’s in wine sales. Kinda light this time…

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Pilgrims, Delft Tile, Modernity and Leffe and Chouffe Beer in Rotterdam Holland

Posted on September 14, 2015 by waywardwine

171 days of our EU Austerity Drinking Tour find us leaving Amsterdam’s fantastic beer, canals, and a windmill city for Rotterdam.

With the end of our trip a month out and 12 countries under our belt, we city hop more efficiently now. I do not draw or photograph as much. My wife barely keeps a journal of each day. We just hit the ground running, see, drink, and eat cheaply but with great diversity. Winter and public transport also limit the amount we cram in.

So, Rotterdam: a sleek, gray city of international trade and business. Amsterdam it is not. In honor of modern Rotterdam, we stay in a hostel made of Orwellian Rubix Cubes. Continue reading →

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Dutch Beer and Windmills at Zaanse Schans and Amsterdam

Posted on September 7, 2015 by waywardwine

After Amsterdam and its bicycle, canal packed turmoil (see last post here), we require a direct injection of Dutch kitsch. So we day trip to Zaanse Schans: one of Europe’s oldest industrial centers: aka the Disneyland of Windmills, wooden shoes, tulips, and cheese. Continue reading →