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Europe » Belgium » Walloon Brabant » Waterloo November 1st 2010

We felt pretty Abba'd out as we sang Waterloo over and over again our visit to Waterloo. This is a second attempt at putting this blog on. I put it on way back in October 2011 but managed tonight to delete it as I added photographs to the blog. What a mess as I have no way of really remembering what happened on that day. Parking was pretty easy as we were in the car and managed to find plenty of empty spaces in and around the memorial to the Battle of Waterloo. We paid our money and walked on to the site. From what I can remember there was a restaurant cafe on site but it was not particularly good and we decided to give it a miss. I cannot remember how much it cost ... read more

Cistercian Success

Europe » Belgium » Walloon Brabant July 1st 2009

Villers-la-Ville

kifandpeter

Happy Canada Day everyone!!! Both the Mission and the Embassy closed on Canada Day, so Christine and I decided to take advantage of the mid-week day off and go and visit something. We decided on Villers-la-Ville, which is a ruined monastery in the middle of a forest about an hour away from Brussels. I was wondering why the train would take an hour to get there, seeing as how the place was only 30 minutes away, but then I realized that we had to transfer and it was the milk-run train that had to stop at every possible stop in Brussels. We arrived at the train station of the small town of Villers-la-Ville. It had two platforms, and a bus stop and that was the stop. It was decidedly pleasant, but very tiny! Christine and I ... read more

Plasma and Plans

Europe » Belgium » Walloon Brabant » Waterloo June 25th 2009

Paddler2009

I really need to get this out there: work is going great! I'm so blessed to have access to such an amazing facility. I wake up everyday and go into work knowing that I get to go use, with my hands, a facility that is uniquue to the world, and extremely interesting and relevant. It is certainly satisfying. Just finished today running our heat flux measurement device campaign for the Plasmatron, and so next week I will be doing a lot of post-processing, data plotting, and other computer intensive things. Plans for the weekend: Leaving tomorrow for Strasbourg. Plan on getting some kayaking in, visiting colmar, and the outdoor areas in the beautiful Alsace region. :) Also, thanks for all of the support everyone. Its so nice to hear from those I care about. Can't wait ... read more

Napoleon and his Waterloo

Europe » Belgium » Walloon Brabant » Waterloo June 21st 2009

Waterloo

kifandpeter

Bonjour, During my Study Tour, I had seen many signs in the metro advertising a recreation of the Battle of Waterloo. Every time I went past, I said that I wanted to go to it and finally I was able to scrounge up some friends and we all bought tickets. We were all coming from different places, Gare Central and Gare du Midi, but everyone got on the train successfully. That was about the only time of the day when we were really all in the same place. Sara, Nicola and I saw the sign from Waterloo and jumped off the train at the station didn’t. I knocked on the window, as Xavier was asleep, and told them to get off. They all told us to get back on because it was the next stop. I ... read more

on the move again

Europe » Belgium » Walloon Brabant October 17th 2008

Balls !

Wozz

Last time I added to my blog I was staying in Lommel. I finally got every thing together and left to start my way south on the 1st of September it was a very windy day which made it hard to keep control at times but hay I managed and soon I was crashing through waves on a big river again as I passed through Maastricht. The next day was wet and cold but I pushed on through some nice places sorry no pics cos of the rain went through Liege a pretty town with very horrid industrial suburbs there were a few times I thought I might choke before the day was out the last lock leaving Liege did not want to let me go or more to the point had so many big ships ... read more

150th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo

Europe » Belgium » Walloon Brabant » Waterloo June 17th 1985

Battle of Waterloo reenactment; OK where are we?

Home and Away

As mentioned previously, Waterloo is also a suburb of Brussels, to the south of the city, and only about a twenty minute drive from our home in Overijse. We would visit there quite often as it was on the way to the PX and commissary at Chievres (which coincidently is where the squadron that evacuated Dalat School in April 1965 is currently stationed in support of SACEUR). Also, our favorite Thai restaurant was located on the north side of Waterloo. In June 1985 we had the priveledge of witnessing the reenactment of the Battle of Waterloo in commemoration of the 150th anniversary. My Mom and Dad were with us, as they were on their way back to Thailand after an emergency health trip to the States. Again, enough text. Here are the pictures.... read more

Battle of Waterloo reenactment; the infantry is placed in line

Battle of Waterloo reenactment; artillery ready

Battle of Waterloo reenactment; Napoleon's forces advancing

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