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The Case of the Belgian Coffeehouse That Twitter-Stalked Us

Last month, when we were in Belgium, we were internet-stalked by the coffeehouse you see above—the one with the American flag over the doorway. From the moment we tweeted that we were Bruges-bound from Brussels, the "Bean Around the World" coffeehouse latched onto us via Twitter and immediately got our attention by replying back, out of the blue:

enjoy Bruges - why not stop at our American coffee house? located at Genthof 5 (at Van Eyckplein)

WHOA! That is some serious Twitter and tourism synergy at work right there, and it totally impressed us. We did stop into Bean Around the World eventually for a few drinks, because the fact that they tweeted at us led us to believe that they had free WiFi, which they did, along with free newspapers and a cute little location. Not every restaurant or cafe should tweet at people like this because it could get spammy real quick, but for such a small town with limited coffeehouses and free wifi spots, it was perfect.

So we're wondering...have you ever been Twitter-stalked? Was it a pleasant or unwelcome surprise and did you actually end up spending money at the place? And don't forget that you can Twitter stalk us all you want here.

Related Stories:
· Bean Around the World [Twitter]
· Bean Around the World [Facebook]
· Twitter in travel [Jaunted]

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