November 10th Tuesday Lunch

The Istas restaurant, adjoining the Hotel Sorret is long established and offers classic Belgian cuisine. Customer reviews rate it highly, and our own Ed Elly highly recommends it as well.

Once I have numbers we can sort out travel arrangements as public transport is not really the best option. I will take my car and I can take 6 extras so it will be just a matter of deciding on a pick point. Don't delay, let me know if you are coming as soon as you can so that I can confirm numbers.

Andy andygraham@bigpond.com

The venue: Restaurant Istas
652 Brusselsesteenweg,

Overijse-Jezus Eik, Exit 2 on the 411 (MAP)
Date: 10 November 2009 Time 12:30.

An American Style Coffee Shop in Bruges...Bean Around the World

A new 'American' coffee house has opened in Bruge. It's kind of a Studs thing, as back in 1999, Joe, who is Belgian, met an American named Oline, from Bakersfield California in Bruge. She loved Bruge so much she gave up the California weather to move to Belgium.
She evidently liked Joe a bit too, as they are now married and have a 20 month old son named Tristan.

Oline opened "Bean around the World" last Saturday, she wanted to give the Bruges people a taste of a real American coffee house.
They are trying to spoil their customers as best they can. There are free newspapers available (Flemish and American), free WiFi, and a computer available if you don't have your laptop with.

So if you are taking your visitors on the obligatory trip to Bruges for sightseeing, you might want to stop in, say hello, check your email, and get some local information about this wonderful Belgian city.

Bean around the World is located at Genthof 5, in Bruge , close to Jan van Eyckplein and is open 7 days a week. They have a group on facebook through which all the news on the coffee house can be checked out. Phone: 050 70 35 72