Two of Craig's fraterity brothers came to Belgium last week for a beer tour. His one friend, Matt, is a beer enthusiast and planned this trip to celebrate his 40th birthday. Craig met up with them on Friday afternoon and got on there bus to visit a brewery outside of Antwerp. They spent the night in Gent and the next day went to Westvleteren, one of the trappist breweries. Westvleteren is difficult to get, even here in Belgium. They do not sell through third parties and cases can only be ordered on specific days during certain hours. You also need to give them your license plate so they can match it to the car you are driving when you come it pick it up. I managed to get 4 bottles of it through a friend of mine to give to Matt for his birthday. I traded her a box a Betty Crocker cake mix and a tub of chocolate icing for them. It really felt like a drug deal.
We picked up Craig that afternoon at the brewery so we could go see a friend of mine in a play in Antwerp on Saturday night. We had an awesome dinner at an Indonesion resturant with friends before the play. It was a good night.
Sunday, we went over a friends house whose daughter is in Colin's class at school. They have an huge house with a large yard with grass! I think they have one of the largest yards I have seen in the city. They were barbecuing and it was so good.
It was a long and tiring weekend. We have been so lucky to have had beautiful weather here, but itbecome cold and windy the past 2 days. I just hope it warms up for next weekend.
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