Blogs from Namur Province, Belgium, Europe
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Spring cycling classics in Belgium - our first day
Published: March 21st 2013Europe » Belgium » Namur ProvinceHello everybody! Today was our first day in Belgium. We arrived after an overnight flight this morning at about 7 am And decided that since we were already in Brussels, we should travel to Bastogne to visit the Battle of the Bulge museum. So we fired up our Garmin, set it to kilometers, braced oushelves for the roundabout roulette game and off we went. It turned out to be about an hour and a half from Brussels and was a nice drive. Bastogne is a town of narrow winding streets, roundabouts, one way streets, cobblestones and hills. Garmin had to favorite phrases ... Entree roundabout and recalculating. We found the museum, circled it a couple of times and parked. It turned othere reserve were two museums in that building -- one was the WW II museum ... read more
Trekt de herfst ongemerkt door het land....?
Published: October 23rd 2012Europe » Belgium » Namur Province » DinantDeze herfst hebben we niet stil gezeten, ook al lag onze blog op zijn gat. Door de confrontatie van een groot verlies weet je weer wat belangrijk is in het leven. Je passie mogen delen met anderen en ervan genieten..... Verschillende weekenden doorgebracht in Kottenheim met Dieter, Jerina en Kris. Zoveel mogelijk trad-climbing zolang het weer het toestond... Maar aangezien de weersverwachtingen als maar slechter werden, bleven we dichterbij huis. En aangezien Kobe, mijn grote broer, terug volop aan het pitonneren was in Pont-a-Lesse, gingen we hier verder op verkenning. Dit is een prachtig klein massiefje in de achtertuin van het Best Western hotel van Dinant. Erik en ik hebben enkele nieuwe lijnen mogen testen, waaronder 'Limbabwe Team' 6A. En nog enkele andere juweeltjes.... Was leuk klimmen en heel gezellig met een leuke bende. Spijtig genoeg ... read more
Rain, fog, robbery, and good beer: a few days in Belgian life. Belgium! As different from France as wine is from beer. Where the French are subtle and quiet, Belgian prefer blunt, caustic truth said with a smile to remove the bite. In France the wine flows but in Belgium the beer froths, though both could care less about the "it's 5 o'clock somewhere" rule. Namur, Belgium is no doubt absent from many of your personal geographical maps. Indeed, I had never heard of it till a random Google search made the name literally pop up in my browser window. But exist it does, and what's more it is the capital of Wallonie, aka French-speaking Belgium. And what might one find in Namur? First and foremost, it's grey and foggy, perfect for anyone looking for a ... read more
Dit werd onze eerste test van onze nieuwe Caddy omgebouwd tot mobile-home, onze Caddy-home. Erik heeft een drukke week achter de rug ... Merci hiervoor, lieve schat! Samen realiseren we onze dromen! We reden zaterdagmorgen gepakt en gezakt richting Yvoir voor een klimmeke. Het werd een prachtige dag, de zon kwam er regelmatig door. Het deed goed om buiten te zijn, en te klimmen. We waren duidelijk niet alleen. Een muisje scharrelde rond in de dorre braamstruiken, met de twee wangetjes bol van het eten. Schattig! Ze naderde tot op een meter afstand van mij, me aankijkend met van die grote oogjes vol verbazing. Een nieuw vriendje! s'Avonds trokken we naar Freyr om te overnachten. De ware test, na het eten haalden we onze slaapzakken en matjes boven. En genoten van de ruimte. Alles was zoals ... read more
Wedding week-end in Belgium...it's a small world!
Published: September 12th 2010Europe » Belgium » Namur ProvinceThe week-end started in Copenhagen. Initial plan was a direct flight to Brussels and a short evening with my friend Elias. It would have been an ideal plan! But! Elias live in Peru...and we were on a mission, going to the wedding of our friends Christophe and Caroline. They live in Peru, but the wedding was next to Dinant in the South of Belgium. Well, that was the initial plan. I arrived on time for my flight, to be told, sorry your flight have been cancelled. You will now fly through Amsterdam, and arrive 2 hours later at 10pm. What! No way! So they found me another choice, this time flying to Warsaw on SAS follow by a short connection on Brussels Airlines to Brussels. I have never fly on Brussels Airlines...thought everything would be safe...well. ... read more
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Following a successful girls climbing trip I decide to join Dan, his two kids India and Sasha, Celine, Joost, Jacco, Lee and Paul on the weekend of September 12 climbing in the Ardenes region. We even stay at the same guest house. On the way down I rode with Celine and Jacco. Celine was driving. I met them quickly at Rai station after work. We decided to skip climbing in Yvoir on Saturday and head to Beez. Beez had some nice routes, I attempted a 6a with mixed success and Jacco learned how to lead climb. The rest of the day I more so focused on 5a’s and 5b’s. There was even a hint of young romance on our climbing trip as with any good story. In the evening we had some delicious wine and Belgian ... read more
Ardenes, Belgium in the Flemish region of Belgium about 4 hours drive from Amsterdam, was amongst other things a great place to climb in. Me, Lin, Mel and Jen (whom I’d gone to France to climb with back in May) decided to do just that. On September 9, I rode my trusty stead after work to Lin’s house. After waiting for the others to arrive and having a quick cup of tea we loaded our kit in the car and started the drive down. Or rather Lin did who drove the car. We stayed in Chaveehut: Rue de la Chavee 7, B-5330 Maillen if you want to stay there the telephone number is +32 83 65 52 39, which I would recommend for anyone who isn’t camping to stay there if they climb, they do a ... read more
On Saturday, I went with Magali and Ludger to Namur (which is about 30 minutes south of Brussels) for Fêtes de Wallonie. Fêtes de Wallonie is a huge party that takes place all over the French-speaking part of Belgium. It is celebrated on the third weekend of September and usually runs from Thursday to Monday. It commemorates the participation of the Walloons in the Belgian revolution of 1830 and is a huge celebration of the French-speaking regions of Belgium. Since Namur is the capital of the Wallonie region (French-speaking region), it has the biggest celebration. We arrived in Namur around 3:00pm and all of the streets of Namur were filled with tents of food, drinks, clothing, shoes, jewelry, and games. They had tons of live music, street performers, bands, and stilt walkers. All through the streets ... read more
Namur 22/05/2009 It’s time to leave Paris, too soon, but we will never forget this wonderful city and will remember these three days for the rest of our lives. We made some wonderful memories, and hopefully we will be able to come back to Paris in a few years and explore a lot more of the city. After much deliberation we decided to skip Brussels, we only saw a small part as we rushed from the one train station to the other. We felt like it’s time to get out of the hustle and bustle of a big city, and since we didn’t go to La Proviance, we headed for Namur. Namur is a gem of a town, we actually had no idea what to expect, and were pleasantly surprised. We actually wanted to visit the ... read more
Nadat ik 3 maanden bijna niets geklommen heb (te veel ongelukken), zijn Erik en ik een dagje gaan trad klimmen in Dave. Een zalig winters zonnetje op ons bolleke deed deugd. Want ik en 'verplicht stil zitten' zijn niet de beste kameraden, dat kunnen Erik en Enya zeker beamen! Het was wel even schrikken toen we arriveerden, alle bomen en struiken waren precies ontmanteld. Toch werd het een leuk ontspannen dagje, hetgeen de opzet was. Boven op de top rustig gepicnickt en genoten van de omgeving. Enkele duiven en zelfs een koppeltje valken begroetten ons in hun vlucht. Een klein hagedisje was precies verknocht aan de zon, want hij zocht ook het zonnetje op. De hele dag bleven we de enige klimmers op het massief. Voor een zondag vond ik dit vreemd, maar niet erg. Op ... read more
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