Belgium and Tilburg, NL, what's good?

[Garcia_Vega]

I'm doing a beer tour with my father all over Belgium starting in two weeks. Looking forward to it, but I've never been to the country. We'll be staying the first night in Brussels, then moving on to Leper for two nights, Bruges for two nights after that, then we are staying at Inn of Le Veille Forge in
Mont for two nights, two nights are across the border in Tilburg, NL, then two nights back in Belgium in the city of Mechelen, finally we go back to Brussels for one last night. For the most part we are touring brewries and bars, but we do have a good amount of free time in these cities. Are any of you guys across the pond familiar with these places? I'm looking for baller restuarants, interesting markets, and maybe some record shops? Also, how easy is it to get chronic? What are the laws in Belgium? I'm there 10/14-10/24, all recommendations welcome.

 

[Tabasko]

Yo,


Are you sure you want to be switching hotels all the time? Most of these places are relatively close to each other.


Brussel - Tilburg is an hour and 15 minutes by car for instance.


Check it out, might safe you the hassle of packing and unpacking etc.

 

[Garcia_Vega]

Yeah good point, I know Mechelen is really close to Brussles too. I'm sort of at the mercy of the tour when it comes to places to stay, but honestly I sort of like the idea of moving around and staying in a variety of places.

 

[DB_Cooper]

You know things are tough with the New York football Giants when R****** feels compelled to leave the country for a while.

 

[Garcia_Vega]

Hahaha, I purposely got those dates, I'm missing the Bills game (which I thought was going to be wack anyway, but after yesterday who knows), and the following week is the team's bye! Priorities!


We beat the Eagles dude!

 

[DB_Cooper]

Garcia_Vega said:Hahaha, I purposely got those dates, I'm missing the Bills game (which I thought was going to be wack anyway, but after yesterday who knows), and the following week is the team's bye! Priorities!


We beat the Eagles dude!




:shreddin_it:





b/w





The Bills this year. :hated_it:

 

[dreskieboogie]

Tin Tin Museum in Brussels?

 

[DB_Cooper]

Don't miss the statue of the pissing naked kid in Brussels. The locals dress it up in different costumes every day. It is no way weird or mildly disturbing.

 

[smokeahoma]

Be careful buying smoke....Belgium is uptight....but they have good beer....try dekonnick in antwerp...the flemish make the best beers.....the French side of the country is always angry....try leonidas for chocolates

 

[Lamont]

try junior highschools if you wanna buy schmoochie-poochie

 

[Garcia_Vega]

Lamont said:try junior highschools if you wanna buy schmoochie-poochie




What kind of advice is this?!

 

[Horseleech]

Garcia_Vega said:Lamont said:try junior highschools if you wanna buy schmoochie-poochie




What kind of advice is this?!

 

[Lamont]

if you decriminilize it, adults stop using it

 

[Horseleech]

Lamont said:if you decriminilize it, adults stop using it




Even if that were true (and it isn't), that doesn't help our man here on his vacation.

 

[PATX]

Here's a less risky compromise: you can score hash anywhere there are campsites. You need to buy all your beer in Belgium, put it on ice and then bomb it down to the Alps or Cote d'Azur to drink it on a campsite. It's like Boston to Philly give or take. You could meet back up with your tour 2 days later and tell them you got sick from drinking Euro tapwater.





Speaking of which, don't forget to bring toilet roll!





Also, nzshadow could mail some smokes to your hotel. One time a friend mailed some by opening up a VHS and taking out all the tape and then wrapping some hash around the spools to look like tape, screw it back together and nobody will know.

 

[Horseleech]

I just used to make a day trip to Amsterdam.

 

[PATX]

I would pay money to see GV and his dad strolling around Amsterdam. Assuming his wife is letting him go there.

 

[Lamont]

Can't help you with the foodie stuff - assuming Leper is a typo (Ieper/Ypres), this town is pretty dead, I think the city of Ghent has more to offer: art museums, architecture, bars, etc. Although nightlife can be unkind on foreigners/non-Flemish speakers it is worth to wander into Cafe Charlatan (Vlasmarkt), where rockers and ravers unite, again: act like a tourist and be treated as one. Being Bruges-born, I'd limit my time in the city and keep the myth intact, nice buildings and history but what a small place... Brussels: The African Museum (Tervuren) is worth your time. Mont (Mons?) is a good spot to tramp into the southern bushy countryside.





Have fun.

 

[DB_Cooper]

Horseleech said:I just used to make a day trip to Amsterdam.




Thats what I did. Train into Amsterdam, train out. That was about 12 years ago though.

 

[Garcia_Vega]

Yes Lamont it is a typo, we are going to Ieper. We're staying at Hotel Novotel and using it as a jump off point to go to De Struise Brewery (where I'm looking forward to tasting their Pannepot among others), and then to hit up the Abbey of Saint Sixtus and finally try out the famous Westvleteren beers. This stop is actually one of the main highlights for me, I know this is a bold claim but they just might be the two best breweries in Belgium. We are having dinner at De Struise on one night, and lunch at the Abbey on the next day. So I'm looking at one place to have lunch, and one place to go to dinner. If it was your birthday and you could go anywhere to eat in Ieper, where would you go? Where would you go for drinks after?