Ghent has a wonderful museum pass for visitors so we spent much of the weekend exploring a variety of museums. Yes, you’re looking here at a broken whiskey bottle. I had to take a picture because I found this a very strange example of art at S.M.A.K., the Contemporary Art Museum.
This was also at the same museum, which I found much more interesting. We also visited the Design Museum, the Textiles Museum, the 12th century castle, the 14th century bell tower, the 16th century cathedral and St. Peter’s Abbey from the 17th century. The castle and abbey were especially interesting as rather than audio tours, they offered unique movie guides which showed an ongoing story that took place in the different rooms we wandered through.
This year, the ladies in charge of activities for the American Women’s Club are trying to plan more outings for couples. We had a great time on the first even this club year--a canal boat tour with beer tasting. We started at the De Pas Bierspeciaal Café in The Hague. Jimmy was thrilled to find out that they sold Westvleteren 12, a 10.2% Trappist beer which is often ranked as the top beer in the world. At a whopping € 11 per bottle, we shared one, which is just as well since we had plenty of chances to try some good beers aboard the boat, including the infamous Delirium Tremens. We took a 1.5 hour cruise through the canals of The Hague, ducking to pass under quite a few low bridges. We were all smiles despite the rain.
