We had a World Market store for many years in our area that sold the beer. They recently closed and now we go to Binny's. I hope you have one in your area that you can purchase the beer at
I think we are going to have to make a trip to Binny's sometime soon.
I just read the whole first 9 pages of your PTR
I think it always adds a bit of something extra travelling when there's a bit of family history involved.
I had no idea it was so cheap to travel from the US to Europe! Can you really get airfares as low as $800 return? We've always enjoyed travelling with any subsidiary of Virgin.
Your plans so far look great! The Netherlands and Amsterdam look really nice. I had to use a serious amount of willpower to stop myself from licking the screen.
And I hope you can get a proper Disney fix this time. I had no idea there was a dragon underneath the castle. How do you get to it?
Glad to have you along.
You can find reasonable flights from the US to Europe, you just have to look carefully, and travel time has a lot to do with it for sure. Summer isn't exactly the best time to go if you're looking for cheaper flights.
I almost licked the screen when I was posting it too, so no shame there.
There is a walkway by the castle (to the left if my memory serves), that leads right in. It's very cool.
We will definitely miss the beer when we move back to the States!
(I'm the one currently living in southern Belgium) Hoping we can ship some back with us, but we've heard conflicting reports on that. We have a few crates of Westvleteren, which you can only buy directly from the abbey after phoning for a reservation.
If we can't ship it, we'll have to drink it before we go! Or sell it on ebay for outrageous sums...but we wouldn't do that.
Loving all the pictures of Belgium!
I've heard conflicting reports too about what you can bring back and what you can't.
That beer sounds familiar, so it might have been something that my family had when we visited in 2010.
That would be a lot of beer you would have to drink if you couldn't ship it!
Wow! Thanks for the Belgian beer lesson! I can't imagine being somewhere with 500 beers to sample and the chocolate looks divine.
More lovely pictures! Brussels looks like a fabulous place to visit!
Believe me, I can't imagine there being 500 different beers to choose from either, but I'm definitely going to take pictures!
I agree, the Atomium looks like it could be in Epcot.
Wittamer... um... yum.
Those elephants are awesome! Wow, that's so cool. I love elephants.
All those places just look gorgeous! I love the architecture.
I know, it does look like it belongs in Epcot!
The architecture is really beautiful. I love anything though that's a little older.
Apologies again and thanks for your gracious understanding - I'm afraid I'm guilty of reading too quickly to pick up on relationships, I have learned my lesson. Sorry for delay too - just back from a long week at DLP/Paris. Whatever you do, do not miss Dreams.
Danielle, you are one excellent holiday researcher - you have me salivating for the produce of the Netherlands/Belgium and I can purchase a lot of it here. Wonder if I have enough in my piggy bank for another short trip!
Keep it coming...
I will definitely have to make it to see Dreams. Is it a new show? It's likely I don't remember it from the last time, because we missed so much. I hope that you guys had a nice trip!
Thanks, I love researching information for trips. I'm even kind of like that with Disney World, even though I've been there so many times. It just makes me even more excited for the trips. When we went to Paris a year and a half ago, I didn't do much research, but I knew exactly where we wanted to visit, so we kind of did it on the fly. This time around, I knew that wouldn't really work too well. All of my friends tell me all the time that I should be a travel planner or agent.
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I'm sorry! But I'm here now, and I'm going to catch up! 
