Belgium: Bruges A City for All Seasons

Beautiful gabled buildings in The Markt, Bruges

What’s not to love about Belgium? It has beautiful countryside, beer and food (oh yes, the food). Maybe that’s one of the reasons I have visited half a dozen times. Four of those times we have visited the lovely fairy tale medieval city of Bruges which sits in the province of West Flanders in the northwest of Belgium. Mr ESLT and I have wandered the picturesque streets both in summer and winter months and found a number of interesting and fun things to do  and see at both times of the year. There are excellent hotels, guest houses and B&Bs in central Bruges which makes this city the perfect place for a European mini break.

Denmark: Visit Carlsberg Brewery, Copenhagen

I love a brewery tour, maybe because I love beer. Yes it’s not lady like and yes it’s full of calories but how nice is a cold refreshing beer on a hot sunny day? So when conducting my research into things to do in Copenhagen I was over the moon to find that there’s the Carlsberg Brewery there and they offer tours. Having been on a number of brewery tours – Guinness in Dublin, Heineken in Amsterdam, Castlemaine XXXX in Brisbane the tickets were booked for this brewery tour before you could say ‘bottle of beer’! Even better was the price which was roughly £10 each and included two pots of Carlsberg each either during or after your self guided tour.

Carlsberg sign at Visit Carlsberg in Copenhagen, Denmark