once in Brugge

ONce in Brugge

w e e k 03

W e e k 03

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B a s q u i a t lowe P2/3

This weekend we finally went to Limburg (South of the Netherlands] to see Basquiat’s exhibition at SCHUNCK. “SCHUNCK” situated in Heerlen at the heart of the Euroegion, is a new multidisciplinary institute devoted to contemporary visual art, architecture, music, literature and film. Which contains all imaginable crossovers between the disciplines. Manifested by means of presentations, collections and educational projects”.

Perfect place for this exhibition but… it was so boring. The person who’s designed it didn’t do much. I was so disappointed. The designer could go for anything here to show Basquiat’s works in unique way but ended up making just as normal presentation as possible and situated few “window holes” in the walls to show some pictures of NYC [Time Square Exhibition].[Besides Basquiat’s works you can see collective works of other artists of NYC’s scene]. You can check it yourself until June 2nd. I’m curious your opinion.

Heerlen is also famous for its graffiti/murals placed around the city. We had a nice walk follow some instructions from https://streetartheerlen.nl/ you can also check it out while waiting for a rain. Next stop was Maastricht and its unique vibe and craft beer cafe’s and one small micro brewery which we had a chance to visit.

street art, Maastricht. (c) omatelier.com

Brouwers aan de Maas, Maastricht. (c) omatelier.com

Brouwerij De Keyzer, Maastricht. (c) omatelier.com

Brouwerij De Keyzer, Maastricht. Mr. Beerquest TV (c) omatelier.com

E s c a p e kings day 2019 P1

We escaped city of the Hague for the second time to avoid the madness happening at the Kings Night and Kings Day here in the Netherlands.

As for a true beer lovers we went for the Lambic tour in Belgium. Maybe not totally my regret, because i had the best company with me, but speaking about beers… damn! Sour’s totally not my thing!

Enjoy the pictures, soon you will be able to see more on Mr. beerQuest’s YT channel.

Here out last year trip to Belgium.

This year we started in Tilburg at L⍜c Brewery. Amazing place with delicious craft beers.

LoC Brewery Tilburg. Mr. BeerQuest.TV (c) omatelier.com

we end up at Heavy Karaoke Litte Devil’s bar. Tilburg. (c) omatelier.com

Drinking Satan’s beer 😉 Little Devil, Tilburg (c) omatelier.com

Hail to the queen. Little Devil, Tilburg (c) omatelier.com

Almost like Lascaux cave 😉 Tilburg. (c) omatelier.com

no s l e e p till Brooklyn D3

Day 3. Saturday.

I have never experienced getting up early with such ease as I have being in NYC. For my entire life I was a midnight owl, but not here. All thanks go to jet lag 🙂

Today, I felt like I went back in time! My partner Mr. BeerQuest.TV dreamed of getting special craft beers from Brooklyn’s OH[Other Half Brewing]. We made plans for to go on this morning which meant standing in the line from 8 until 10am before opening. Like in good communistic times! Yaaay (sarcasm).

The whole experience was pretty interesting, I haven’t seen such a thing like this here in the Netherlands or maybe I have been a craft beer ignorant to pay not enough attention on that subject. Anyways! The line to the brewery wasn’t super long, there were maybe 20’ish guys trading beers, having cars full of beer cans. You could easily see some “old friendships” mostly dudes, no gals except 2 other than me. It wasn’t that difficult to communicate with the rest i just realized I’m totally not prepared for this kind of adventure! No folding chair, no touristic fridge full of craft beers to taste and trade it with new people at 8 at the morning. Next time more preparations will be done 🙂 And guys! Leaving home without breakfast and drinking these divine beers on empty stomach wasn’t smart either. Glad I’m Polish! [Inside joke hope u get it?]

ps. don’t be fooled by this sunny impression, it was November’s morning and it was pretty cold.

The rest u can see on pictures, I think I’m better with the images than with words. It was always like that. Aho!

*Steel. Steel everywhere. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*More steel. Don’t u think these steel trains beautiful? Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Did i mentioned steel before? 😉 Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Up and down and up. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Quite industrial in this part of Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Patriotic mural. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*All about shades and shapes. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Queue to the Other Half Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*All about light and shade. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*All about shadows and shapes. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*In this stage I could easily see Terminator here. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*All about shape and… OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Queue to the OH Brewery. A bit too cold for a picnic like for me. OH Brewery. Brooklyn*
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*Beers. Lots of craft beers. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Queue to the OH Brewery. Beers. Lots of craft beers. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*All about sun and shades. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Trade and tasting. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Before the opening. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Lonely lines. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Queue to the OH Brewery. Trade and tasting is my new ding. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Bringing some craft beers for the exchange. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Meeting new beer lovers. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*It wasn’t me. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Mr BeerQuest spreading his love and gospel 😉 OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Making new [beer] friends from New Jersey. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*New fashion. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*And it was basically like any other sale watched on TV. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*First lucky ones with their batch. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*We are taking things easy. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*This is what we called perfect salesman. Yo! OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*He just spending all his money 😀 OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*All about the bling bling. OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Queue to OH Brewery. Brooklyn (c) omatelier.com*

*Happy Mr BeerQuest with his small box comparing to the others. OH Brewery. Brooklyn*
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When i t snows (Polish version)

When I t snows (Polish version)

We can’t deny the climate change. The winter in Poland was always a proper winter with lots of snow especially in the mountains. I remember being a kid or teen spending most of the winter time outside.

This year heading back for Christmas to Poland was hoping for some snow. We went to our favorite and closest place, Szklarska Poreba, hoping to hike or snowboard for this couple of days. All the weather forecast were saying “there will be a snow for Christmas Eve” but when we came to, there was nothing but rain and 5 degrees (on plus).

We were lucky to have snow for 3 days, having unexpected surprise at the Christmas’s morning. U can see on the first picture our outside fridge for craft beers!

There is not some many photographs form this trip since I was busy to remember everything with my own eyes 🙂

Btw on our way back we stopped by the biggest statue of Jesus in the world in Swiebodzin. I called it Rio de Swiebodzineiro 😉 but now seriously… this is the state of the mind which I will never get.