Beer & Bike: Waterloo & Villers-la-Ville
April 15, 2018
A Beer & Bike ride thru some of Belgium’s most beautiful farmland with two of my favorite sites in Belgium. … More Beer & Bike: Waterloo & Villers-la-Ville
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Beer & Bike: Durbuy and La Roche-en-Ardenne
October 22, 2017
A challenging bike ride thru Battle of the Bulge country and the smallest town in the world. … More Beer & Bike: Durbuy and La Roche-en-Ardenne
Beer & Bike: The Two Dutch Trappists
September 3, 2017
Imagine for a moment you were a French monk in the late 1800’s. A century has passed since the French Revolution took down the monarchy. At worst, you were thought of as a threat and symbol of the religious stranglehold that the monarchy once held over the people and therefore you should be eradicated. At … More Beer & Bike: The Two Dutch Trappists
Beer & Bike: On the Trail of Adriaen Brouwer
August 27, 2017
Introduction Walking around my adopted home city, Antwerpen, Belgium, you will not get very far before coming face to face (quite literally!) with Antwerpen’s artistic legacy. David Teniers, Anthony Van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, Quinten Matsys, Peter Paul Rubens. These immortal giants of Flemish art stand today as stone sentinels around the city reminding citizens and visitors … More Beer & Bike: On the Trail of Adriaen Brouwer
Beer & Bike: Kasteel, Rodenbach and Petrus
March 12, 2017
The first Beer & Bike ride of 2017 was as memorable as it was cursed. … More Beer & Bike: Kasteel, Rodenbach and Petrus
Beer & Bike: Aalst Carnaval and Affligem
February 14, 2017
February is Carnaval time and in Belgium, it’s always Beer & Bike time. … More Beer & Bike: Aalst Carnaval and Affligem
Two Nice Bike Rides From Bruges under 25km and How I Came to Love Biking Belgium
November 20, 2016
Preface As I sit here looking out my window at my unusually empty Antwerpen street, the wind is blowing fierce and whatever leaves were remaining on the trees are being detached and dancing over the grey cobblestones. Normally there is a market going on here on Sundays but the heavy winds have kept most of the merchants … More Two Nice Bike Rides From Bruges under 25km and How I Came to Love Biking Belgium
Beer & Bike: Postel & Corsendonk
November 19, 2016
Checking in at a modest 79km, this is one of the longest Beer & Bike rides that I have done. But it is also one of the nicest since it combines two namesakes for Belgian abbey beers, one very nice fietscafe, and beautiful scenery from the Kempen forest on the Netherlands-Belgian border. The ride starts from … More Beer & Bike: Postel & Corsendonk
Dionysian Dingle
November 12, 2016
Dionysian where? Dingle is a small isolated (but touristy) fishing village in a remote corner of Kerry County, Ireland. For any Americans reading this who are not from West Virginia, when you think about West Virginia, this is exactly how the Irish think of Kerry County. For others, you might get a better impression if I … More Dionysian Dingle
Beer & Bike: Trappist Achel
November 1, 2016
In the far north of the Limburg province of Belgium, literally a stone’s throw from the border of the Netherlands sits the Abbey of Saint Benedict. This is not just any ordinary abbey. The Sint-Benedictusabdij de Achelse Kluis is one of the world’s eleven official Trappist breweries and the smallest in Belgium. Today was possibly … More Beer & Bike: Trappist Achel
