Itinerary (work in progress)

Arrival, North, and West

1. Brussels – Probably typical touristy stuff – chocolate factory, maybe Delirium Tremens beer hall. Jourdan french-fry stand.

2. Antwerp & Museums + Westmalle Brewery

3. Ghent: Museums & Food Moules Frites are classy – possible cobbles

4. Bruges & Battlefields – possible cobbles

5. Maybe Ypres - Possible trip into France for Dunkirk or Calais

6. Westvleteren Abby then Rodenbach – Stop in Oudenaard – possible cobbles

-Somewhere in Here… Cobbles- So we could throw in some rides here no problem. If we wanted to take western stuff, we could do part of the Gent-Wevelgem around day 3 or 4. If we wanted to do eastern stuff, we could do parts of the tour de Flanders. Should definitely stop in Oudenaard. Possibly at a few other random spots on there – this would be likely day 5 or 6. Could also do some of the E3 Harelbeke around the same time, maybe even a day later if we got a car, since it goes into Ardennes territory. Your thoughts?

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• Figure out the best route to drink the most beer on our way through the Ardennes -A- Return to Brussles for 1 day to party if taking train to south -B- Rent car and have flexibility

If we want to go to Brussels to party on the weekend, we will probably take a Sunday Train and skip the extra day in the adventure parks. If we elect to rent a car, we will drive for the week and try to see more. We are leaning towards a car right now, but it could potentially change. That will let us have more flexibility, but may be more expensive.

Ardennes and East

7. (If Car) – Chimay then Rochefort (If Train) – Just Rochefort – either way, all day beer and cheese - get to Adventure Parks by night
8. Adventure Parks for 2-3 days
9. Adventure Parks for 2-3 days
10. Orval and La Chouffe, then stay in either Bastogne or Liege
11. Liege and Val Dieu, then return to Brussels – with possible stop mid-way in Leuven (longest bar in the world, old market, medieval student city)
12. Brussels and then fly out