Author Archive for: CraigBresett

Entries by Craig Bresett

Westvleteren – not hype, this is deserved

Visiting In De Vrede, the modest yet legendary café-restaurant beside the Trappist Abbey of Saint Sixtus in Westvleteren, is a true pilgrimage for anyone who loves good beer. This is the only official place in the world where you can legally enjoy a glass of the famed Westvleteren Trappist ales—including the elusive Westvleteren 12, often […]

Neuschwanstein Castle – The Very Best of the Alps

This bizarre castle, built on the side of a mountain in the middle of nowhere by a strange man-child caught up in medieval fantasies, always delights travelers fortunate enough to get out to this corner of the Alps.  And I’ve taken hundreds of them, if not thousands (I stopped counting a long time ago) here.  […]