Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Brugge, Belgium - day 2

We visited the Basilica of the Holy Blood. An amazing neo-gothic church, different to most churches we have been to in Italy, in a sense that Jesus is being the center of this church, not Mary. On the wall of the church, paintings portraying Jesus' last walk to the cross and it also housed His blood that was shed from the cross. It was an overwhelming experience I was in tears.
From there we headed to the canal and caught the canal tour boat. That was trully an experience!
We then traced a number of pubs and decided to sample some of the best beers in Brugge. They have over 1300 types of beers! So we tracked down 4 pubs we wanted to visit:
1. De Garre 1
2. Brugs Beertje
3. Republiek
4. Beer Wall
The first pub is meant to be open and it took us forever to find as it was trully hidden from the street. We got there in disappointment!
So we ended up going to 3 pubs. Mike tried all the dark and witbier, he was in heaven by the time we reached the last pub. I tasted all the fruit beer by Lindemans and I rate the Apel Lindeman highly! However, one beer did make me a beer convert! That is Faro Lindeman (Lambic). Lambic is Brugge original beer and can I just say that I am totally a beer convert! Pitty this beer cant be bought in Australia. More beer story coming tomorrow, stay tuned!

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