Euro Beer #69: Jenlain Ambrée on the Train

I am gonna finish this shit if it kills me. So what if this trip happened 8 years ago. . . So what if we have been back to Europe since this trip. . . This is the project I started. And I am gonna finish. At least you don't have to stare at that Total Wine post anymore. I know you have been here since May, just waiting for me to blog. Well the summer is over. Here it is. #Waybackwednesday

Aix-en-Provence—>> Barcelona (again)

Just like Jester King. Not really. 

Then we had one of those amazing French meals you always read about. First course: grilled cheese from train cafe. 

And I guess this was the dessert course.

Are we in Spain yet?

Euro Beer #68: 3 Monts on Train

Aix-en-Provence —> Barcelona

It was now early October in 2007. On the train to Barca. Early in the trip we popped open a bottle of 3 Monts I picked up in Aix. 

Could not find a cup for our 3 Monts, so we improvised by cutting an Evian bottle in half. 

It worked pretty well.

It is a lovely train ride. This is not a lovely photo. Sorry.

Euro Beer #67: Cocktails, Wine, and Dine at Host's Home

Aix-en-Provence

Cocktail hour.

Two meat plate. How do you say hot dog in French?

Le wine.

Not a flan fan.

Off to Spain!

Euro Beer #66: Aix en Provence Street Beer

Aix-en-Provence

After lunch we did some tourist shit. Mostly just walking around. 

This called for a beer of course. This did just fine.

Just like Cezanne. 

"Well, first I'd go to the room where they keep the Cezanne"

Cafecitos before hitching back to our host's home.

Euro Beer #65: Kronenbourg in some tasty cafe

Aix-en-Provence

We left our host's home and hitchhiked into town. This was on their advice. We told them we were wary about hitchhiking, but they assured us it is no big deal in Aix. Our driver was a sporty young fellow heading through Aix.

We arrived and were famished. The coffee and toast from earlier was not holding us over. We ducked into a crowded cafe. We almost kept walking because it was so busy. It was a good stop. I had a steak sandwich w/ onions and cheese, fries, mayo, and a crisp Kronenbourg. Sofia scarfed fries, fried chicken, and a salad. Extremely tasty joint. 

Aix is pretty.

Euro Beer #64: Train to Aix en Provence

GENOA——>AIX

Finally leaving Italy. Back into France for just a little bit before heading to Spain for a month. We grabbed these sandwiches from a Chinese deli in Nice near station during a break on the trip to Aix en Provene. Fried Poulet Sandwich with asian veggies. The beer . . . italian, duh, which we bought before leaving Genoa.

Club sandwich - blah.

Happy to be back in France. Beautiful train ride along coast.

Euro Beer #37: House Beers

In the fall of 2007 (yeah, I know, OVER 5 years ago, but I am not ending this series until ENDS) my wife and I traveled through Europe for 10 weeks. We ate a lot of food and drank of a lot of beer (and wine). Not enough food, not enough beer. In Annecy still, let's hurry this up and get onto Italy: 

 

 Still biking around town.

   This was our last day in Annecy.

 

 Later that night we bought some food to cook at the house and some really cheap, strong beers.

 Forte.

  Omelets!

 Drunk on cheap beer we planned our next moves. It was a nice long stay in Annecy, but we were ready to move onto Italy.

Euro Beer #36: Au Globe Trotter

In the fall of 2007 (yeah, I know, OVER 5 years ago, but I am not ending this series until ENDS) my wife and I traveled through Europe for 10 weeks. We ate a lot of food and drank of a lot of beer (and wine). Not enough food, not enough beer. In Annecy still, let's hurry this up and get onto Italy: 

 

 Ok, so we did not stay in for long. We went out with our host's daughter. I had a Grimbergen and Sofa had a 1664 Blanc. The 1664 sucked, mine was ok.

The next day I did some yard work for our host. Had to pay our way somehow.

 

 Sights.

Au Globe Trotter 

37, Avenue Barattes, 74000

Annecy, France 

 

Euro Beer #35: Dinner In

In the fall of 2007 (yeah, I know, OVER 5 years ago, but I am not ending this series until ENDS) my wife and I traveled through Europe for 10 weeks. We ate a lot of food and drank of a lot of beer (and wine). Not enough food, not enough beer. In Annecy still, let's hurry this up and get onto Italy: 

 

 I guess if I am gonna stay up late procrastinating I better at least blog. After our long ride around the lake we decided to relax at our host's place and make dinner. I don't know what these drinks were. I think rum and pineapple juice.

 

 And we made some "Indian" cuisine. 

Euro Beer #34: La Closerie

In the fall of 2007 (yeah, I know, OVER 5 years ago, but I am not ending this series until ENDS) my wife and I traveled through Europe for 10 weeks. We ate a lot of food and drank of a lot of beer (and wine). Not enough food, not enough beer. In Annecy still, let's hurry this up and get onto Italy: 

 

 On one of our last days in Annecy we took a ride around the lake.

 

Saw the sites. Le Brooklyn. 

 

We made a lot of stops. Coffee. Treats. Casino. You name it.

 

We rode through this. I think. I have no memory of this.

 We stopped here for lunch. After we finished eating we realized we had no cash. The town was dead (off season) and we were extremely lucky to find an ATM near by. We were seconds from skipping out...

 The beer was mediocre.

 

 But the sandwiches were fantastic.

 

 So euro.

La Closerie
Immeuble Chenay
74290 Talloires, France
(not really Annecy, just some small village. good luck finding it.)

Euro Beer #33: Jazz Club

In the fall of 2007 (yeah, I know, OVER 5 years ago, but I am not ending this series until ENDS) my wife and I traveled through Europe for 10 weeks. We ate a lot of food and drank of a lot of beer (and wine). Not enough food, not enough beer. In Annecy still, let's hurry this up and get onto Italy: 

 We went to go see some jazz one night and I drank a Heineken. Sofia had nothing. It was really dark.

Jazz Club, 69 Avenue de France

Euro Beer #32: Bar Le Repaire

In the fall of 2007 (yeah, I know, OVER 5 years ago, but I am not ending this series until ENDS) my wife and I traveled through Europe for 10 weeks. We ate a lot of food and drank of a lot of beer (and wine). Not enough food, not enough beer. In Annecy still, let's hurry this up and get onto Italy: 

Red wine for Sofia and I had an Affligem. They were both fine. I mean, how good could they be? But they did the trick.

 

And then I went skating. I sucked, but at least the scenery was pretty.

Literally across the street from the skatepark. Annecy wins, yr shitty town loses.

 

 Bar Le Repaire, 2 Rue Joseph Blanc, 74000

Euro Beer #31: Annecy House Guest

In the fall of 2007 (yeah, I know, almost 5 years ago, but I am not ending this series until ENDS) my wife and I traveled through Europe for 10 weeks. We ate a lot of food and drank of a lot of beer (and wine). Not enough food, not enough beer. In Annecy:

At this point, this blog should be called EURO BEER. Craft Austin is dead, let's face it. But you never know, maybe I'll ditch the rest of the Austin Beer Guide crew and come back here full time.

















 Drinking Kir at a friend's house. What's kir? Where's the beer? Not in this post.
  

Then she made us dinner. This was the salad.

Some couscous. 

Our morning view everyday while in Annecy. Not bad.

Sightseeing.

Art