Day trip to the Ardennes

Last Sunday I went on a trip with Higgins (from the BMPH3) on a trip to explore the Ardennes.
I've never been there before and I was really impressed. The river La Samois wriggles through the rolling hills creating some amazing meanders. On top of that there were some pretty little towns like Bouillon which as an excellent castle. The castle was the birthpace and ancestral home of Godfrey of Bouillon (possibly the first famous Belgian ever) who lead the first Crusade (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfrey_of_Bouillon).

The Ardennes is a wonderful place I will definitely go back for another look.

On the way back we stopped off at the "Beer Bottle Museum" just outside Namur (in the town of Jambes, close to another town called Dave!). It was very very odd; I had been told that it would be a good location for a horror movie and sure enough it was rather creepy. Apart from the fact that all the bottles are empty and were behind yards and yards of plexiglass there were dark passages, and odd people who seemed to live there standing alone in darkened rooms muttering to themselves. When I found a chainsaw in one of the rooms I got very worried. Strange place - not sure I would like to go there alone!

Once again the photos are on Fotki - http://public.fotki.com/SpottedDick/the_ardennes/