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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
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Ghent Day Trip Visits a Castle, Brewery Gruut, and an Abbey
Between Antwerp and Brussels, we make a day trip to Ghent. Why? Our worn out travel guide mentioned a fantastic castle, monastery, and a brewery. Done.
Ghent feels very medieval, sleepy, and just about to sink into its canals.
The narrow streets and minute bridges give this town of stone a cosines. We find Ghent castle: Gravensteen. Immediately, Monty Python quotes and songs bubble about our heads. Continue reading
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Tool or Toy? The Coravin Wine Preserver Review
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Recycling and Regret 2
Not feeling too regretful about these values…
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Antwerp Belgium Pakhuis Brewery Rubens House
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
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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