Mechelen Memories

Mechelen is a nice old town . . .		. . . with a famous cathedral

They have got cars, but keep the horses for the tourists!		Sometimes we had milk-shakes and coffee, not beer!!!

Here’s the hotel we were in and here’s the brewery it was part of! Those crates are our take-away order!!!

This is a view of the beer being brewed . . .		. . . and this is the effect it has on the local citizens!!!

We don't think the local cats were affected by the beer fumes - they just take any chance for a cat-nap.

Fabulous fish shops . . .		. . . selling fabulous fish.

"Oh, sister Agnes, have you been at the beer again . . .		. . . you know how it affects you!"

We did eventually drink some beer (at least, Jeannette did!). At the Poperinge beer festival with our friend Anny and the representative of Struise brewery . . .		. . . and with William Roelens, leading light of HOP, the local branch of Zythos (the Belgian equivalent of CAMRA)