Biking and Beer in Belgium (page 2 of 2)

20th stage, Wednesday, July 3rd—I camped near the Trappist Abbey of Westmalle outside Antwerp, but today the weather’s awful for biking, so I’m off to explore the drearily gray city in my camper. The port on the Scheldt

The Cathedral packed with large Rubens paintings

The Art Nouveau Central Station

The jewelry shops

Your pick: bike or limousine



And of course, the classic mussels and fries

Not to mention pairing it all with a fine Trappist beer from Westmalle Abbey, where the Cistercian monks keep alive their centuries-old brewing tradition To be continued for the final stage...

21st and final stage, Thursday, July 4th, between Belgium and the Netherlands in the Kempen-Broek nature reserve with a bivouac in Opitter next to the Cornelissen brewery, which produces "Cister" in 3 versions Already my last bike-and-beer trip in Belgium near the border with Holland; Opitter is where Kim Clijsters took her first steps as a tennis player before turning pro. Obviously, she wasn’t raised on the Biertuin Cornelissen beer—otherwise, she wouldn’t have had such an exceptional career. We’re at the very end of the Low Countries, the land of the great Jacques, at the end of the canal that... well, let’s just say it got lost and never found its way back.





Canal Zuid-Willemsvaart, "dug" by Napoleon I in the early 19th century My journey continued into the Netherlands on routes I prepared step by step, depending on the region, using the site fietsroute.org and the app Fietsknoop01. But that’s another story—maybe the subject of another travel journal... Until then, I invite you to check out my site "Images de Voyages" pmmy.ch.

HAPPY TRAVELS TO ALL, WHEREVER YOU ARE AND WHEREVER YOU’RE HEADED...