Beer Marches On

I mentioned awhile ago that it is bittersweet to go to the Grand Place for yet another event and be reminded of all the friends we have shared fun memories with there, and have then had to say goodbye to. This past weekend was our fourth Belgian Beer Festival. We got nostalgic remembering all the fun times we have had, so I thought I'd share a few photos from previous beer festivals.

Our first festival was with Amy & Nate Chan and Jason Mann (who came down from London). This was probably our rowdiest beer festival. I became friends with a girl in the portapotty line just because I heard her speaking English. I left our group alone and came back from the bathroom with a new couple as friends! As the day wore on I met three US Air Marshalls who ended up taking us all to dinner on the US tax payers dime (we figured we had been paying taxes over here for a year and never getting any benefit from it, so we took them up on it).

The next year Amy and Nate had moved, but Tim & Lynn and Hal & Anna joined us instead. And Jason was back for more of the best beer in the world. You can see why Tim makes us laugh. The Beer Festival weekend always coincides with the first UGA game of the season so basically this is the best weekend of the year for Kyle. You can see in the following pictures how he gets a bit more exicted to start watching the Dawgs (he was barking for them).

For the third beer festival, I was back in the States. I think it was a good thing that Kyle didn't think to bring the camera to that one...

And below is our picture from this year. Tim and Lynn have moved back to the US, but he was here for a wedding and was able to squeeze in one more Beer Festival. Katie and Stephen have been here for a year, but already know that they will probably only be here for one more year. And so next year we will be hugging new friends on the Grand Place as time marches on. At least there will always be Belgian beer...

Click here to see photos from the weekend.