For those who have never heard of Mannekin Pis, it is a famous statue in Brussels of, quite literally, a young boy peeing into a fountain. He is often dressed up (this is him on Friday):



So anyway, on Sunday we were walking home in a cold rainstorm near Mannekin Pis when we heard an approaching marching band. We stuck around to see a strange procession heading that way, so we tagged along. They all stopped at Mannekin Pis, playing music, singing, you name it. Despite the rain, we stuck around and were we ever in for a treat. Turns out the group was the "Friends of Mannekin Pis", who evidently are responsible for dressing him up. Next thing we knew, they had rigged up the fountain so that instead of peeing water, he was peeing Belgian cherry beer. They filled up cups straight from the source and handed them out. They only do this once a year, and we just happened to be there to drink from the source. It gives new meaning to the expression "this beer tastes like..." (oh, never mind). Anyway, here it is: