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DATE/TIME ACTIVITY DETAILS

Thurs, 29 April Arrive at Schipol Airport and take train to Pick-up luggage get to train,
8:35 Amsterdam Centraal Meet Scott
9:30 Arrive Amsterdam Centraal Station
http://www.amsterdam.info/central-station/
10:00 Orient in Amsterdam and find Café for Regardless of how you feel,
breakfast. RESIST the urge to go to the
hotel and sleep. You must
tough it out through the day. It
will pay off the rest of the trip.
Morning Rembrant-Huis
Canal boat Tour
Bloemenmarkt
Waterlooplein Flea Market
Noon Check in to Hotel Rho Not sure when we will be able
Nes 11-23 to do this but at least the hotel
1012 KC AMSTERDAM might let us store our bags and
Tel. + 31 20 6207371 such early.
Afternoon Museums
Both the Rijksmuseum & Van Gogh Museum
are in the South near Vondelpark
Late Afternoon Dam Square-Jordaan
Anne Frank Huis
In De Wildeman Near hotel
Kolksteeg 3
Het Elfde Gebod Or any of the nine other bars
Zeedijk 5 on this block
18:30 Dinner Rijsttafel (aka rice table),
Indrapura Indonesian style dining with a
Rembrandtplein 42 „shared‟ dining experience.
1017 CV Amsterdam
Later Dinner, continued?

22:00 Café Gollem

Raamsteeg 3
12:00midnight Return to hotel

1:00 Sleep Do not forget to set alarms or

Most pubs will close at 1:00am. Although, this get a wake-up call. You must
being Amsterdam, you can find other be back at the train station by
entertainment all night if you‟d like. If you 10:15am tomorrow.
make it this long you are a trooper and also at
serious risk of making your travels tomorrow
very difficult.
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Fri, 30 April Wake, breakfast, make your way to Amsterdam There is breakfast included in
8:00 Centraal Station. If you left your luggage at the the hotel stay.
station do not forget to retrieve it.
9:45 Train from AMSTERDAM to ANTWERP Train schedules are off due to
Trains to be confirmed Europe travel issues
12:00 Arrive ANTWERP. Locate bus and driver. Remember headcount!
Driver: Eddy Utens
Bus number : 00 32 473 54 18 00
Privat number : 00 32 499 11 92 85
Contact: Annelies Clerinx, Veronica Cars
Dorpstraat 379, 3061 Leefdaal
Tel : 016/48 05 13 34 minutes to Malle
Depart for MALLE.
12:45 Café Trappisten for lunch Tours of the abbey brewery are
Antwerpsesteenweg 487 not offered but the grounds
2390 WESTMALLE may be open.
This café is near the Westmalle Trappist
brewery and specializes in their beers.
14:30 Depart the cafe for ERTVELDE 55 minutes
15:30-16:00 Arrive in ERTVELDE Beers brewed:
Brouwerij Van Steenberge Augustijn
Lindenlaan 25 Piraat
9940 ERTVELDE Gulden Draak
Tour brewery, sample beers.
18:30pm Check-in to hotel
NH Gent Belfort
Hoogpoort 63
9000 GENT
+32 9 2333331
19:00 Dulle Griet Beer bar for some
Vrijdagmarkt 50 refreshments.
Then:
Het Waterhuis Aan De Bierkant Picturesque bar and restaurant.
Groentenmarkt 9 We‟ll have dinner here …
Chez Leontine … or next door.
Groentenmarkt 10-11
Other For the Gin lovers among us there is another
bar nearby serving genever (Belgian Gin).
Dreupelkot
Groentenmarkt 12
Later Return to hotel
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Sat, 1 May Wake, breakfast, nurse headache. There is breakfast included in
8:30 the hotel stay.
9:15-9:30 Coach departure for POPERINGE,
WESTVLETERN and BRUGGE
10:30 Arrive for tour in POPERINGE Poperinge is the central area
Hop Museum Poperinge for hops growing in Belgium.
Gasthuisstraat 71
8970 POPERINGE

12:00 Arrive WESTVLETERN The trappist abbey is closed to

In de Vrede café the public. Tours are not
Donkerstraat 13 available. They do however
8640 WESTVLETEREN sell beer their beer only at the
The café exclusively serves the three abbey. I will be trying to buy a
Westvletern Trappist beers; Blond, 8 and 12. case for a return trip across the
These beers are the primary reason I am visiting Atlantic.
Belgium. We will spend a bit of time and have
lunch here.
15:00 Depart the cafe for BRUGGE
15:45 Arrive for tour in BRUGGE Beers brewed:
Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan Brugse Zot is a goldenblond
Walplein 26 beer with a rich froth and a
8000 BRUGGE fruity flavouring. The beer is
Tours will allow you to visit both the modern brewed with four different
brewery as the museum. kinds of malt and two aromatic
During the visit you will also enjoy an amazing varieties of hop which give the
panoramic view over Bruges. beer its unique taste.
Straffe Hendrik is a Bitter
Tripel Ale of 9% abv.
17:00 Brugs Beertje This is by all accounts the best
5 Kemelstraat beer bar in Belgium and
8000 BRUGGE therefore, by extension, the
250 wide ranging Belgian beers. They do not world.
serve Lager, drunks or uncouth people.
19:00 Eetcafé De Vuyst bvba in BRUGGE Dinner
Simon Stevin Plein 15
8000 BRUGGE
? Return to GENT Consider an early return to
Gent and have dinner at the
Hopduvel.
Later Possibly: I want to visit this café but
Hopduvel Café in GENT time and level of consumption
Rokerelsstraat 10 may not allow for it.
Not too late Hotel in GENT
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Sun, 2 May Wake, breakfast, try to settle your stomach as
7:30 we‟ve got a long drive this morning.
8:15-8:30 Coach departure to BASTOGNE, ACHOUFFE,
SOY; Then to BRUSSELS
10:30 Arrive BASTOGNE Entrance fees are 8.50Euro
Tour WWII Memorial du Mardasson
Bastogne Historical Center
11:45 Stop at 101st Airborne E-Company (Band Of This is at a crossroads between
Brothers) Memorial. BIZORY and FOY. It may
take a bit of searching to find.
12:30 Stop for a lite snack before arrival at
ACHOUFFE
13:00 Arrive for tour in ACHOUFFE Beers brewed:
Brasserie d’Achouffe La Chouffe – best Belgian
Rue du Village 32 Blonde ale,
6666 Houffalize malty/spicy/delicious
Tour (in English) MacChouffe – Scottish
Lunch Belgian ale
Shopping Chouffe Houblon – triple IPA

16:00 Arrive in SOY We will stop here for dinner on

Brasserie Fantome our return to Brussels
Rue Preal 8
6997 SOY
“A brewery not like the others.”
The beers produced here are eclectic and
randomly brewed. You take what they serve
you. Apparently there is some sort of brewery
reunion that occurs at 17:00 every Sunday.
That may prove interesting.

19:00 Finish drive to BRUSSELS

20:30 Check-in to hotel Remind me to call to arrange
Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre for a late check-in.
Avenue du Boulevard 17
1210 BRUSSELS
+32 2 205 15 11
Later In the hotel there is a trendy bar and lounge
Spitsbergen, where you can play a game of
pool or taste our large choice of Belgian Beers
OR
We can go out. I‟ll have options.
Postiers, 14 Rue du Fosse aux Loups
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Mon, 3 May Wake, breakfast, you are welcome for the later
9:30 start this morning.
10:30 Coach departure for GAASBEEK, GOOIK, Being a tourist in Belgium on
LEMBEEK and BEERSEL Mondays is a challenge.

11:00 Arrive in GAASBEEK Not sure if the castle itself will

Kasteel van Gaasbeek be open but there are other
Onderstraat 21/Z sights and activities.
1750 GAASBEEK
12:30-13:00 Arrive in GOOIK This brewer/blender does not
Café De Cam export to the US so this will be
Dorpsstraat 67/A a treat. Many of their beers are
1755 GOOIK highly rated. We will sample
Hoping for a tour of the blending operation or them over lunch.
cask warehouse and maybe some bagpiping.
Lunch at this café before/after the tour.
~14:30 Arrive in LEMBEEK This will be an attempt to visit.
Boon Brouwerij I tried to schedule something
Fonteinstraat 65 but the local tourist bureau
1502 LEMBEEK wanted 50Euro +. We can stop
on the way to another location
and see if Frank is around.
15:00-17:00 Arrive in BEERSEL Again, trying for a tour of the
Drie Fonteinen brewery. There is a great
Herman Teirlinck Plein 3 restaurant as well serving the
1650 BEERSEL beers as our second option.

Possible Oud Beersel, BEERSEL Just as alternatives

Laarheidestraat 230
Hanssens Artisanaal, DWORP
Vroenenbosstraat 15
Return to BRUSSELS The bus driver will be
departing after dropping us
back at the hotel.
18:00 Porte Noire Sixteenth century cellar bar.
Cellebroersstraat 67
67 Rue des Alexiens

19:30 Falstaff for dinner. Reservations for 8

Henri Mausstraat 17 (near Bourse metro stop)

21:00 Delirium Café It must be equally noted that

This beer bar has over 2,000 selections in the
bottle and 40 on tap. Fortunately they are open
until 4am and we‟ve got no set agenda
tomorrow.
Hotel in BRUSSELS
this will be touristy popular.
There are other options
depending our impressions and
the level of service.
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Tues, 4 May Wake, breakfast at you leisure this morning. No formal activities are
(morning) planned today.
Open day in Brussels No coach service today.
More Beer Options: A rough itinerary follows but
Cantillion Brewery and Museum of Gueuze times may vary slightly
56 Rue Ghende depending on mood.
Schaerbeek Beer Museum
33-35 Avenue Louis Bertrand
Bottle, glassware, breweriana
The Brewer’s House
10 Grand Place
13:00 Poechenellekelder Café is across from „Mannekin
5 Rue du Chene Pis.‟ If you don‟t know wait
Outdoor seating and see.
Maybe some museum or another around Grand We can search out the
Place. „Jannekin Pis.‟
Musee Royaux des Beaux-Arts, which houses Getrouwheidsgang
hundreds of works of arts that once sat in the
cellar of the Lourve
Musee des Instruments de Musique,
examples and history of musical instruments
Musee du Cacao et du Chocalat, self-
explanatory
World’s Fairs Atomium, a 10 story tall
structure meant to resemble the molecular
structure of an atom.

Beer Planet, 45 Rue de la Fourche (Delirium) Last minute beer shopping.

Bier Temple, 56 Marche aux Herbes
(Grasmarkt)
Other shopping
Galerie de la Reine, north off Grand Place
Place Grand Sablon, south of Grand Place
Chocolates:
Neuhaus, Galerie de la Reine
Leonidas, Boulevard Anspach 46 (De
Brouckere)
16:00 La Mort Subite
7 Rue Montagne aux Herbes Potageres
Open for dinner options as they may present
themselves.
20:00 End day at Possibly eat dinner here.
Beer Circus
57 Rue de l‟Enseignement

Another great beer bar.

Hotel in BRUSSELS