The best beer in the world

September 2015 

This is the story of how I drank a bottle of the best beer in the world.

While in Brussels, a country famed for its beer, I thought it might be a good idea to get what has been acknowledged as the best beer in the world.

Westvleteren 12 - a beer brewed by Trappist monks, in small batches and with all of its profits going to charitable causes. It's only sold at the Westvleteren monastery/brewery itself in the Belgian countryside and in a tiny number of bottle stores elsewhere. After seeing how highly rated it was, I knew I needed to get some of this stuff.

Beer, frites, chocolate and waffles

August 2015 

Bonjour from Brussels!

Yonks ago when we first arrived I was determined that we booked some travel. I didn’t really care where, just somewhere. And so, having clicked our way through Skyscanner, we settled on Brussels and Amsterdam.

When we each told our workmates where we were going we were typically met with a quizzical look and asked ‘why?’ For some reason the British don’t really see it as a holiday destination.

August Adventures

August 2015 

I thought it was probably about time I did a post. So here's an idea of what we got up to in August, in no particular order...

I had a bit of spare time this month - after a few frantic weeks my job search finally ended with an offer on the first Monday in August but I wasn't due to start until the 20th. So I had a bit of stress-free time to explore a bit of London on a budget (see below). I also caught up on some some movies (like Locke, an intriguing movie revolving around the phone calls a man makes as he drives along the motorway) and books (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time was a great read, The Girl Who Wasn't There was one of the worst I've read).

Parliament Hill - tucked away in Hampstead Heath, this has some of the best views over the city. The view of St Paul's Cathedral is actually protected by law (by the way, that cloud was pretty standard 'summer' weather for August).