Chimay...

The brewery tour ending up being more of a museum of the history of Chimay beer, how it's made, the involvement of the Monks, etc.  Pretty cool but not exactly what I had expected.  Chimay also produces excellent cheeses.  Everything they do is organic and sustainable - plus the profits from operations go to charity.  Pretty impressive business model

We stayed for lunch after the tour and started with a cheese sampler plate - delicious!  Also had another Croque Monsieur sandwich  - this time Belgium style.  No Béchamel sauce but filled with delicious creamy Chimay cheese.

After lunch we rode the 300 km to Amsterdam.  We are camping about 10 km outside the city center - with a subway stop just down the street.  Tomorrow we will explore Amsterdam as we are staying here two nights.  There is a restaurant here at the campground that served me the best mushroom soup of my life - I wanted to cancel my entree order and just have two more soups.  The campgrounds here in Europe seem to all have really good restaurants on site.  Maybe I can order the mushroom soup for dessert?

Only 45 EUR - don't think it will fit on the bike.

Chimay the town.

More Chimay.

The Trappist brewery.

Chimay!