We are loving our visitors, first we had Candy & Paul Bodenhofer and now we have Bodenhofer's 2.0...our kids are delighted to have their buddies Anya & Jake. We wonder which ones we can see the more amazing sites with?
We have taken repeat trips to Bruge and Oostduinkerke, both about an hour and half away and at the Belgian coast. The reason to visit the town of Oostduinkerke is to see the shrimp fishermen on horseback. Our first attempt was a bust, but the second was a jackpot. Very cool to see them fishing and combine it with a trip to a beautiful beach.
Bruge is a great little Belgian city, finally we found the Madonna, that was carved by Michelangelo and was recovered by the Monuments Men at the end of WWII.
The church really needed an audio guide, we saw many things inside and didn't know what they meant, we were really curious about this statue with the skeletons, we couldn't figure out how to translate the Dutch either...
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| Canal walk in Bruge |
We also visited Leuven, which is a great city very close to us.
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| The Irish Institute |
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| College town and the World Cup is a huge deal here! Go Red Devils! |
Leuven has a famous library that was burned by the Germans in WWI and rebuilt with funds from good old American schools and institutions.
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| This is one school that sent rebuilding money...it is right down the street from us in Wakefield! |
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| Burned books, they call the one on the left Snow White... |
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| Outside the library |
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Front of the library-what a building!
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Kids in Leuven by the canal.
Eric and I decided it was funny hat day but he decided to step it up by also riding Charlie's bike through the main square...lots of funny looks!
Stay tuned for our upcoming adventures...
Kids in Leuven by the canal.
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