3/25/05 Antwerp

"No notable meals today. Too bad.

Today 44 of us went to Brugges, which is a small medevil town about two hours outside of Antwerp. It was one of those towns that you think of when you think of old Europe. It had canals running through the whole town, and a lot of the houses date back to the 18th, 17th, and even 16th centuries. The roads are cobblestone and horse-drawn taxis line the streets. Unfortunately, the more we walked, the more all the little quaint streets turned into touristy places, unitl you couldn't tell who was a native and who wasn't. Has every beautiful town dong to shit? Whored itself out to the tourist dollar?

Anyway, we took a boatride through the canals and learned that some of the churches date back to the 12th century. Over 300 years before Columbus was even born, and they were building churches in Brugges - that are still standing. Amazing.

After the boat ride we went on a tour of a local brewery, only to find out that they don't even make the beer there anymore. What the fuck?! They called it a 'museum', but I called it a graveyard. It was just rooms full of old brewing equipment and rusted brewing tanks. Lame. The beer wasn't even that good.

And that another thing - Belgians seem to think that 2" of head is desirable in a beer. I call it a rip-off. The glass is 1/3 foam - and it's 4 euros! Fuckers."