To Ghent! Day 5 of Beertrip 2014

We awoke this fine day to a return of sun and pleasant weather in the mid-60’s.  We didn’t have a lot of time left in my new favorite city, but were able to wander the cobbled streets and take in a bit more of the town.  We poked our heads into a few bottle shops and had some perfectly crispy frites right across from the Bell Fort. 

Back to the hotel for a quick pack and to catch our minivan cab to the train station.  Our cabby was quite the jokester and in straight dead-pan told us that without chocolate he would not drive us to the station.  Later Chris discovered some wrapped dark chocolate in back of the cab and handed it to a somewhat surprised cabby!  The next 10 minutes literally flew by in a mad spinning and drifting hell-ride through the narrow cobble stoned streets of an ancient city.  The whitened and widened eyes of horrified pedestrians flashed past us.  …