Abbaye de Maredsous

...where the rather famous Maredsous was not brewed.

Alyssa's farewell with beer, cheese, with a rather unusual state of mind on a day with rather unusual horizontal rain and plenty of chats in the wind.

Hasselt

... where cafes and restaurants with French windows seemed unusually high in proportion to its total number of inhabitants.

Château de La Hulpe

[Pre-tale] In between the unplanned but rather pleasant first encounter with the familiar Anne and the planned but less pleasant "welcome to Europe" by Wavriens at -13°C, because the slightly out-of-ordinary guinea fowl and duck foie gras were served with morels, white truffles and seasonal truffles, the more ordinary salmon and shrimps had to be balanced by KASPIA caviar and black Melanosporum truffles.

Snow. Ice. Winter Wonderland with little creatures and fairy ponies running around with joy.

Ypres

or Ieper.

So much cuteness in grandness.

Mons

where popular opinion showed its weight.

Strépy-Thieu

"The Strépy-Thieu boat lift (French: L'ascenseur funiculaire de Strépy-Thieu) lies on a branch of the Canal du Centre in the municipality of Le Rœulx, Hainaut, Belgium. With a height difference of 73.15 metres (240.0 ft) between the upstream and downstream reaches, it is the tallest boat lift in the world, and will remain so until the Three Gorges dam boat lift in China is finished."

Manage

Let's pretend to be interested in the local community (winking with long lashes).

Feluy

Château-fort de feluy +

Nivelles

Tarte au maton over Tarte al d'jote

Chicken in cages across from chicken on the grill

Tellin and Bure

Woods-chillers in search of the Red Diamond

...plenty of protein sizzling on the barbecue, a touch of shooting stars and the grand opening of sun-bathing season for bookworms.

Bouillon

  
  

the Medival blacksmith, the 40kg cheese, Château de Bouillon, the Wise with attitude

Braving the journey of castle-hunting on a summery day of 20+ with sun against the backdrop of bare winter trees.

Tournai

Lunching at a outdoor restaurant on grand place, watching kids splashing water, strolling in the sound of the crisp clock tower (ding dong ding dong), napping in the park after being surprised by, and then acknowledging the sign.