one of the many fens near Oisterwijk
A long weekend in the Oisterwijk, which is situated in Brabant near the Belgian border to cycle and enjoy good food.
Friday, 11 August we drove to our hotel, the Leijhof hotel. A very familiar name as the district where we live is called Leyhof :-)
We loved our spacious room and dito bath room, as well as the very comfy beds. The hotel is situated on walking distance (< 5 minutes walk) of the 'hot center' of Oisterwijk; i.e. the main street where all the bars and restaurants are.
After installing our stuff in the room we made our first (short) cycle tour, with an almost immediate stop at the bakery to buy two typical 'Brabantse worstenbroodjes': yummie.
Brabants worstenbroodje
enormous mushrooms along the route
we ended our cycling tour at one of the many terraces in Oisterwijk with a beer and bitterballen
I luvvvvv oysters
In the evening we had dinner at SEC eten en drinken which is on walking distance of our hotel: nice food and wine AND of course I started with oysters. Unfortunately the weather wasn't very good, so we couldn't sit outside.
After dinner we enjoyed a really good glass of US Chardonnay (from Napa valley) in the pub next door.
name of the Chardonnay was Irony.
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Saturday, 11 August
As rain was predicted for the entire day we decided to visit the Contemporary Art museum De Pont in Tilburg. Enjoyed muchly.
Some photos of things that impressed me:
Back in Oisterwijk we had a really great dinner at another swan: Restaurant De Swaen.
The wine that accompanied our food was awesome, good choice of P.
this Swaen too has special glasses
first course was superb, will try to copy at home
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Sunday, 12 August
Another cycle tour; this time on memory lane to Riel and surroundings.
the farm in Riel, former home of P.
tea stop at De Kloostertuin in Alphen
arghhh we cross the border with Belgium
crossing another part of the Belgian border with a shabby burned house
after the cycle tour we enjoyed a Trappist
the dog of the people sitting next to us loved the dog beer
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