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A relaxing day in Fenffe, Celles and Dinant
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Posted by: rhertzler Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:39 PM
Proof that a stressful day can be followed by a normal one.

As stressful as the previous day was, this one was easy and relaxing. Spent the morning playing tennis together. Even found the tennis court by using Google Earth to search for it - knew it was close by somewhere. Then did some local touring and buying good things to eat.

The architecture and buildings here in Belgium are much different that Holland. Nearly every building is gray stone, houses, churches, barns - everything. Sometimes there is brick mixed in for a bit of color. Gives the small towns a really old feel to them.

Here is the day in photos:


Starting out the day right.


Nic gets ready to take a shot at the ball.


Riding back to the house from the tennis court up on the hill.


This is the bridge the King uses to cross the creek. No, really, the King of Belgium has his summer home here too. See if you can find it on the maps page when you zoom to Fenffe (and look for the tennis court too!).


Our home in Fenffe for a few days.


The castle just outside Celles - Veves.


The balcony of the castle.


Ian finds a great place to curl up and take a nap at the castle.


Across the castle courtyard to the side with the balconies.


Re-enacting a scene from "The Holy Grail". How many times will Kathy run towards the guards?


The imposing facade from below.


In Dinant, these Dinant cookies are everywhere and apparently have some significance - what we do not know.


Across the river in Dinant, a town wedged in between a rock and a river.


A typical farm in this area.


The church in Celles.


Our dinner prepared by Kathy.


And our desert, courtesy of the local bakery.

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Comments (3)  
Re: A relaxing day in Fenffe, Celles and Dinant    By Mom and Pop on Friday, June 22, 2007 5:14 AM
Hello from Alaska. We arrived here safe and sound after a good flight - a little over seven hours in the air. We have a computer here at our lodge to use. We are glad your day went better today.

Re: A relaxing day in Fenffe, Celles and Dinant    By Lynette Nisly on Friday, June 22, 2007 5:21 PM
Glad you all made it to your next destination and had a more relaxing day today. You didn't mention rain, so hopefully that was not in the mix of your challenges yesterday. Supper looks great Kathy, but I wouldn't expect anything different from you. :)

Re: A relaxing day in Fenffe, Celles and Dinant    By Bethany Miller on Saturday, June 23, 2007 3:35 AM
Can we have a re-enactment of the Trojan Rabbit scene?

    
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