Hashing in Brussels...

We hashed on both Saturday and Sunday. Since there were 3,000 hashers to accommodate, there were over 20 trails per day to choose from, mostly organized from other hash groups around Europe. Both trails we did were off road, mostly in beautiful forests. Saturday was organized by London; we were too late for the bus, but knew the lead hare who was kind enough to tell us how to take the train to the run start. It was a great 14K trail, but we couldn’t stay for the circle because Opee needed to get back to the venue for the photo shoot.

On Sunday, we were running late again, so we caught a cab to the start (luckily no one saw us as this would be considered a hash crime). We chose the Hannover trail, which was a lovely 11K romp through the woods. The circle was one of the best ever! They had an amazing array of props, including the above tubes and down-down bar.

This fellow had committed a variety of crimes and each down-down got progressively harder to do.

Afterwards, they invited everyone to have a traditional German liqueur with a beer chaser. The positioning of your hand had to be just right or you spilled both drinks all over your nose; my nose wasn’t perfectly dry, but I still got my diploma for passing the test. All-in-all, a fantastic hash weekend!