29 & 30 May ’04, Saturday and Sunday. Happy Birthdays to Trevor and Grandma Lois !!!! We will toast you with a glass of the bubbly tonight. It’s going to be a beautiful day with the prospects of rain tomorrow (Sunday) so we were off early to see “La Merveilleuse” of Dinant. Now in a simple language, we went and enjoyed the Cave of Dinant. After a long walk to get there I found out they didn’t have any elevators to take me down to see the cave….what kind of deal was this anyway? I think Louise is trying to kill me with all this walking…. Anyway, we caught onto a tour and had a good time overall. The cave was really quite deep and had two large arenas that we were able to see. In between we did see a number of nice displays of stalactites and waterfalls. It seems that the cave was used by the British and American Armies during WWII. The German forces were within a few hundred meters with their camps and never did know about the cave. On the walk back to the van, Louise spotted a trail off the roadway that went almost straight up. Well guess what…Yep, after lunch we set off again and found ourselves going through a pretty dense growth of trees and brush on a marked trail. The day was finished off by our finding our way back to the van and having a lite dinner. Tomorrow… It’s going to rain so we will hang close.
We woke to the sun shining again but you could tell it was going to be short lived. It has been quite awhile since we’ve had the opportunity to use a internet. Even to up-load, send and hopefully receive some emails would be great. Well off we went to the Ibis Hotel here in Dinant. They do have a internet connection that you can put a coin into and check email so, that is were we went this morning. After a casual walk into town and getting to the Ibis, we found the computer with a sign on it saying “OUT OF ORDER ! What is this, a conspiracy toward us? Well, we’ll show them….we stopped by a great little bakery and bought ourselves a treat. As it is, we should have bought 2 treats as it has started to RAIN!!! Tomorrow….On the road to somewhere in Germany (maybe).
We woke to the sun shining again but you could tell it was going to be short lived. It has been quite awhile since we’ve had the opportunity to use a internet. Even to up-load, send and hopefully receive some emails would be great. Well off we went to the Ibis Hotel here in Dinant. They do have a internet connection that you can put a coin into and check email so, that is were we went this morning. After a casual walk into town and getting to the Ibis, we found the computer with a sign on it saying “OUT OF ORDER ! What is this, a conspiracy toward us? Well, we’ll show them….we stopped by a great little bakery and bought ourselves a treat. As it is, we should have bought 2 treats as it has started to RAIN!!! Tomorrow….On the road to somewhere in Germany (maybe).