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Where to go in Amsterdam, Belgium, and Cologne?

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hopfenundmalz:
The Christmas market in Cologne is one of the big ones.  Those are actually entertaining, and some of the food is very good.  The Gluhwein smells infinetely better than it tastes, however.

skyler:
Got back a couple weeks ago. We went to Amsterdam, Leuven, Cologne, Mechelen, Dusseldorf, Brussels, Bruges, Lille, and Antwerp (Dusseldorf, Mechelen, Lille, and Antwerp only very briefly). It was a great trip. I think I could live in very happily live in Lille, Antwerp, or Mechelen. We hung out a bit with my Belgian friend in Leuven (she is studying law there), which was fun. She and her boyfriend (and most Belgian people, I suspect) are fun and hilarious.

The beer highlights: Scoring some Westvleteren (did not succeed in making it to the abbey, though), discovering the deliciousness (and variety) of Geuze, having a dozen or so glasses at Zum Uerige, the new trend (in Belgium) of "hoppy" beers, the variety of great Dutch and Belgian "brown cafes," my girlfriend finally learning to love with Belgian beer (she prefers Lambic beers, Dubbels, "hoppy" blonds, and Rochefort 8).

I would post pics, but I didn't put them on photobucket (only facebook), and I'm too lazy to do that now.

hopfenundmalz:
A dozen glasses of Zum Uerige is just about right.  Our German friend who grew up in Duesseldorf say, "It is intensely bitter, but after 5 or 6 glasses you don't notice so much".

It sounds like you had a good trip.

Beertracker:

--- Quote from: hopfenundmalz on January 14, 2010, 07:11:53 pm ---A dozen glasses of Zum Uerige is just about right.  Our German friend who grew up in Duesseldorf say, "It is intensely bitter, but after 5 or 6 glasses you don't notice so much".

It sounds like you had a good trip.
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You gotta' love those Germans with great quotes like that!  :D

skyler:
Granted I live in the pacific northwest, but I found Zum Uerige very balanced and not particularly bitter.

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