27 May ‘04, Thursday. We weren’t out of Averbode more than 15 miles, and heading South, when we started to see a lot more change in the countryside. When we arrived in Averbode we started to see more and more trees and the start of hilly country with some low hills here and there. The campground, and around the lake, was pretty well covered with tall trees. You could really see the flat lands, that we have been traveling in for the last 7 weeks, start to disappear. Now after 15 miles or so we are definitely into the hilly areas and will soon be in the Ardennes. We have also left the Flemish speaking Belgium’s and have arrived in the Wallonie area, which is the French speaking area of Belgium. Just before Namur, we started to drop into a long river valley that would take us all the way down to Dinant and beyond. The Meuse River meets and joins the Lellse here in Dinant. This seems to be quite a tourist destination. The water sports run from boating, water skiing, fishing, kayak and canoeing, jet skis, and onto caving, rock climbing, and of course sightseeing all the areas of history from the 800’s to WWII. After stopping for lunch along side the Meuse, we continued into Dinant and arrived here at the riverside campgrounds about 3pm. It didn’t take much time before we were all setup on the river bank and heading for town. It was about 25 minutes along the river and we had found ourselves walking into another very interesting town. We can’t wait for tomorrow so we can get started exploring this area. Right now we were on the hunt for the elusive “Internet Café” that we still haven’t found. Well, it looks like we will have plenty of fun? trying to be understood and understanding French…. it’s only the first day….
Tomorrow….The Citadel and a river ride….
Tomorrow….The Citadel and a river ride….
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