Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Belgium. Show all posts
Thursday, 16 January 2025

100 Years of Irish Brewing in 50 Objects: #23 – Guinness 'Belgian' Tumbler (c. 1950)

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I felt the most extraordinary desire for a glass of Guinness, which I knew could be obtained without difficulty. Upon expressing my wish to...
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Monday, 20 March 2017

Travel : A Return to Kaffee de Planck, Ghent - Poor Poes...

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M y last visit here probably tells you all you need to know about one of my favourite bars in Ghent -  and beyond it - but this return ...
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Tuesday, 17 January 2017

Travel: Notes from Ghent - Back at the Trollekelder ... Where the Wild Things Really Are...

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T here are places I'll always go back to... And the  Trollekelder is one of those, so I was eager to return on this visit to Ghent,...
Friday, 30 December 2016

Travel: Notes from Ghent - Blue Birds

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I f you stand on St. Michael's Bridge in Ghent when it's dark - carefully avoiding getting poleaxed with a selfie-stick or boom mi...
Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Travel: Brussels - Art Nouveau Walking Tour and the Victor Horta Museum

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Art Nouveau noun, art nou·veau  \ˌär(t)-nü-ˈvō\ : a style of art, design, and architecture that uses curving lines and shapes that loo...
Sunday, 12 April 2015

Travel: De Garre, Bruges, Belgium - Tripels and Doilies

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W e got the train without any fuss and we - me and my travelling companions Pete and Nige - were soon whizzing our way into Brussels main ...
Saturday, 11 October 2014

Chez Moeder Lambic Saint-Gilles - Brussels

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We made the decision to divert on the train back from Mons, a pretty town choc full of history ( Hah! Belgium? Choc? See what I did ther...