Tinker's photos

While Eugénie was in Paris for the weekend on a course, François and I went to the market, to the Asian supermarket for sushi supplies, and then to a street cafe on Place du Marche for some beer. We sat next to this old fountain, the Fontaine De La Tradition. This bas relief shows the "Botteresses et cotiresses". The botteresses are "women carrying products by means of a hood" and the cotiresses "and her full basket of vegetables that she wears on her head over a broad-brimmed felt hat that shelters drops of water dripping with the freshness of the vegetables"

The Sunday Marché de la Batte from the Passerelle Saucy (the Saucy footbridge!)

Mona sent me this photo of her new hairstyle, and her new Blundstones

François got a helium balloon at the beer festival, and as we had each just drunk a litre and a half of beer, of course we did this after we left there. My turn. Was disappointingly not that high at all, until my last gulp of helium. Liège

François got a helium balloon at the beer festival, and as we had each just drunk a litre and a half of beer, of course we did this after we left there. This time in French. Liège

François got a helium balloon at the beer festival, and as we had each just drunk a litre and a half of beer, of course we did this after we left there. This time in English. Liège

François got a helium balloon at the beer festival, and as we had each just drunk a litre and a half of beer, of course we did this after we left there. Did not quite get as far as speaking in this clip, just attacking the balloon to get at the helium. Liège

Tchantchès is a character from the folklore of Liège represented by a puppet. He appears in puppet theatre, street festivals, in comic strips and a monument. In this case he's in a plaster cast in a wheelchair, inside the museum in Liège, where the beer festival was held

The Pom is an apple beer (not a lambic) brewed by Brasserie Grain d'Orge. It was not overly sweet and more like a beer than a cider, compared to the lambic apple beer, which is almost cidery. www.grain-dorge.com

I bought some chips and they came in this paper cone. It is a fake newspaper and I was amused by the fake English as well! Liège

The festival was held in the Musée de la Vie wallonne (Museum of Walloon Life) in Liège. The building is an old Franciscan monastery, and the festival was held in and around the inner courtyard. There was a marquee for the DJ but it was too hot inside it, and nobody was dancing.

I chose the Makadam from this stand, a black beer. Very nice. Liège

In the centre there was a stand demonstrating how beer is made. There was also this chart explaining the whole process. Liège

Had La Botteresse Miel, a honey beer, but it was not my favourite. Not much of a honey taste. But in all fairness I did not try their other beers. Liège www.labotteresse.be

This was my first beer at the festival, La Myrtille Peak from Belgium Peak Beer. From their website "With its brewery located at the highest point of Belgium - close to the signal of Botrange and the Baraque Michel - Belgium Peak Beer offers a range of beers with flavors of the region and brewed in the water of the Hautes Fagnes in a unique environment and a breathtaking decor." It is a fruit beer that is not lambic. It was quite tasty. That's my souvenir glass being filled. No throwaway cups or glasses at this festival, and you get to keep your glass at the end, peak-beer.com

Brewers of Brasserie de la Lienne being interviewed for television. Liège www.brasseriedelalienne.be

The festival was held in the Musée de la Vie wallonne (Museum of Walloon Life) in Liège. The building is an old Franciscan monastery, and the festival was held in and around the inner courtyard. There was a marquee for the DJ but it was too hot inside it, and nobody was dancing.

The festival was held in the Musée de la Vie wallonne (Museum of Walloon Life) in Liège. The building is an old Franciscan monastery, and the festival was held in and around the inner courtyard.