Lessons from traveling abroad: "beer tasting" is a nice way to say "pub crawl"

Here's the thing.  A beer tasting is not like a wine tasting.  I mean, it can be and perhaps there are some that are, but the one I took in Brussels certainly did not wind up that way.  The night certainly could have gone in a lot of directions, and maybe this would be better titled "Your tour guide should not be automatically trusted.  You don't know him.  He could be a giant creeper."  But I'm getting ahead of myself…

Bizarre Brussels, Belgium

Brussels is a beautiful city, full of ornate old architecture from the Gothic period, and rich in interesting and diverse history.  One of my favorite pieces of architecture are the guild houses in the town square (bottom center).  The detail is staggering.  I just stood and stared at them for a while.