Wednesday was a rainy sort of day, but we set off to Namur - which is both the name of a province and the name of the province's main town. This is where the Musee Herge is located - it is about the artist Herge - but most people know it as the "Tin-Tin Museum" - given Tin-Tin is his best known work! It was really interesting to see the process that he went through to create the books as the museum had his original drawings - from the first initial sketches to drawings, final hand drawn and the various printing stages….. think it would be very interesting for students studying art to see the amount of drafting that he did. Ethan was thrilled to be there but bitterly disappointed that the shop only had Tin-Tin books in languages other than English - he ended up in tears. Anyway, no pictures inside the museum :(
After some lunch we continued from Namur (the town) to Dinant - it had been mentioned on a website as being an interesting place to visit - was it ever - the only problem was that by now the rain had set in and it was not easy to take pictures, not to mention the reluctance of my companions to walk any great distance in the rain (we hadn't taken our coats with us) just so I could take pictures!
On the way home the GPS took us through a series of small country villages on our way back to the freeway - I lost count of how many old buildings, cobblestone streets, churches, towers and fortifications we saw - here are a few:
After some lunch we continued from Namur (the town) to Dinant - it had been mentioned on a website as being an interesting place to visit - was it ever - the only problem was that by now the rain had set in and it was not easy to take pictures, not to mention the reluctance of my companions to walk any great distance in the rain (we hadn't taken our coats with us) just so I could take pictures!
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| The citadel, Church and bridge in Dinant |
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| The bridge had saxophones down both the paths on both sides - we did pass a statue outside a Jazz club on our way out of town - so I'm assuming it is important "Sax" place…. |
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| The cable car to the Citadel (better than the steps!) |
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| View from the top |
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| Inside the citadel - WW1 display. Charles De Gaulle was a young LT who fought here against the Germans in WW1. He was wounded but managed to be one of those that retreated across the bridge in time. |
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| Citadel walls |
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| For 20 years of Euro-Disney the Citadel was hosting a Sand-sculpture exhibition of Disney characters and rides that you can find at Euro-Disney. |
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| Johnny Depp in sand |
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| and Keira Knightley too... |
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| My favourite - the chameleon from Tangled…. |
On the way home the GPS took us through a series of small country villages on our way back to the freeway - I lost count of how many old buildings, cobblestone streets, churches, towers and fortifications we saw - here are a few:
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