Understand, I am trying to experience cultures. Beer is a big part of the Belgian experience.
I was on my way home and went past this place. I thought I stopped in as the advertised Leffe, which is my favorite beer. The bartender was very nice and I chatted him up. There was a pinball like game and I thought I'd give it a try. But, something was off....The bartender came over and showed me...It was a game wherein you propel the ball by an spring, like pinball, but the idea is to get the ball into certain numbered holes. He told me that people come in , in the morning and play all day. It's a gambling game.I put in 1 euro and lost 4 times.
No sooner was I off the machine then 2 men came in and started playing seriously.
A couple of seats away from me at the bar was a man that was sad. He seemed sad, like he was wasting his life away. I don't know how I could tell this, but I could feel home mad he was at himself. He talked to me a little. He seemed so trapped within himself, almost like he was in a cage of his own making that he did not have the ability to escape.
I kept my distance.I felt bad for him, but there is nothing I could do.
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