21-05
Entrance to Belgium from Luxembourg from Arlon.
Belgium is another story, I have to say from the beginning that I found it much better than I expected it ...
The motorways, though without toll-free!
I forced the GPS to take me from secondary roads because of the natural beauty and short distances.
Imagine that a tank full of Luxembourg (0.95 € per liter) arrived on all the routes in the country!
First overnight in the Rochefort village in a campers stop of the municipality, 11 € with electricity and water in each space!!!
50.127589, 5.187891
An employee of the municipality passed through at 20:00 and at 08:00 in the morning for those who came later and had not paid ...
The toilet - as in all of Belgium - flawless - with the only difference from France that everywhere you pay! 0,50€ !
A visit to Lorette Cave
http://www.belgium-tourism.be/informations/tourist-attractions-rochefort-lorette-cave-in-rochefort/en/V/17167.html
Bicycles and bicycle paths everywhere and with absolute priority!
The first chat of a good Greek friend I visited was:
"attention at Bicycles"!
You are in danger of going to jail or in the hospital!
In jail, because it is easy to hit someone when you excite of a circular square or even turning right on a reason of limited visibility in combination with their speed.
In the hospital, because they move fast on pedestrian streets with or without a special line...
22-05
First stop at "Dinant" hometown of "Adolphe Sax" manufacturer of Saxophone - the whole city decorated with Saxophones
Η είσοδος στην πόλη φάρδους 2,70…
Citadelle de Dinant is accessible from the city by road or by 408 steps or by cable car.
Due to great difficulty in parking down in the city, the solution of parking outside the entrance of the castle was preferred
50.261546, 4.916692
- where there was no problem of overnight stays - and the descent in the city with the cable car that was otherwise paid in a single package with the entrance & a mini cruise at 14 €
Belgium, the Joy of Hara and for every with four legs! She could go everywhere! Caves, museums, Forts, cruises, cable cars and of course, cafes and bars!
«Notre-Dame of Dinant»
«Pont Charles de Gaulle»
A visit to the museum of "Sax"
beautiful and picturesque the small riverside (river Meuse "Meuse") city but having nothing else to do there decided to continue after the siesta to "Waterloo" where we plan to overnight...
A stop at the "Namur", or rather the drive to the Acropolis with a fantastic view of the city and the medieval bridge on the River Massa that connects "Namur and Jambes".
Due to time, it is not possible to enter the castle.
So we continued on "Waterloo" a hill with a lion on the top and an exhibition center closed, the absolute wilderness!
repentant that we did not stay in "Namur" - we would have seen it better the next morning - we continued for Brussels...
In "Brussels" we arrive late in the evening. Parking on the street outside the main train station (gare du modi) and the nearby mosque (El Mouhsinin), because what I had in my notes - near here - did not inspire me any true ...With a parking fee the day but a small amount... Very fuss day and night! Police, army, were alternating every fifteen minutes...
23-05
cycling in Brussels. Beautiful historic center, as always ...
the city of contrasts...
there are exist also in the richest cities... Unfortunately...
The night in Antwerp. Parking in the river on huge free parking, quiet with a few cars in the evening, but at the day...
51.21447, 4.39130
24-05
By bicycle in Antwerp.
A little below our parking a Russian training ship.
and the castle "Hetsteen"
hetsteenisopen.be
the central square, "Grote Markt"
the TOWN HALL,
the cathedral,
the main shopping street
the train station
Getting out of town an incredible 30 km long traffic! chaos!
The self-destruction of motorways...
unfortunately, as a friend informed me is a daily matter...
up to 26-05
in "Sint Niklaas" visit to a good Greek friend and his family.
A Call to ADAC - no problem - change the battery with 220 €! it should be changed to Athens - I had the marks...
27-05
Gent- Γάνδη
Ones at the free camper-stop / parking next to the canal and the kayaking club. with a near bt park for Hara.
51.0463, 3.70267
Quite close to the center, 2,5 km - by bike - many canals and little canals with enough traffic from tourist but also private boats.
To the center by the Sint-Michielsbrug Bridge
The Gravensteen Castle
The bars in the canals
too much people on the main channel
and a vertical garden ...
return to the car, by GPS ...
Beautiful, relaxed city though enough touristy!
28-05
Bruges
As usual, at the scheduled parking point,
through the Kruispoort gate
1.4 km from the main square, the historic center, and next to the river. There was a parking meter but inactive due to Sunday ...
51.211001, 3.240382
"Bruges" a city encircled by water with countless small canals, has beautiful corners inside and outside of touristic routes.
Dutch windmill (4 in a park near me).
Several private boats are sailing in the wide river near the historic center.
I counted 30 waiting for the bridge to open and it opens frequently ...
Two beautiful squares next to each other with the imposing Belfort Bell Tower of Brugge and the many cafe-restaurants (Place De Bruges)
Beer in the historic "Bier Café", at Cordoeanier Straat 1,
just above the tourist office.
The Basilica of the Holy Blood, the Brugse Town Hall and the Art Museum, at the other (Burg Square).
money...
and culture? public air pump for bicycles in the main square...
29-05
Tournaι,
parking in the free car park, "Esplanade de l'Europe" with space for camper-stop, but occupied by a luna park.
only 750m from the main square.
50.605377, 3.380962
a short tour of the historic center.
the train station
footbridge
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Tournai covered with sails due to renovation
It did not inspire us so much as to decide to stay and so after the siesta departure for "Spa"
Arrival at dusk in the small town with the famous thermal baths from where the term "Spa" was established internationally. Parking, in the square of the town hall, due to an advanced time - and luck - was found, enough for our length.
the cathedral
a Ride on the main street with the casino,
theater
and other classical buildings that testify to the prosperity of the past and the villas in the hills around the continuation of its glory.
30-05
A visit to the baths, is on the hill above the city where you climb by a cable car - it was out of order - driving a difficult-asphalt- road. The parking was free even though there were bars.
The three-hour bath costs 20 €.
Refreshed from the Spa we started for 125km to Trier (Germany).
Entrance to Belgium from Luxembourg from Arlon.
Belgium is another story, I have to say from the beginning that I found it much better than I expected it ...
The motorways, though without toll-free!
I forced the GPS to take me from secondary roads because of the natural beauty and short distances.
Imagine that a tank full of Luxembourg (0.95 € per liter) arrived on all the routes in the country!
First overnight in the Rochefort village in a campers stop of the municipality, 11 € with electricity and water in each space!!!
50.127589, 5.187891
An employee of the municipality passed through at 20:00 and at 08:00 in the morning for those who came later and had not paid ...
The toilet - as in all of Belgium - flawless - with the only difference from France that everywhere you pay! 0,50€ !
A visit to Lorette Cave
http://www.belgium-tourism.be/informations/tourist-attractions-rochefort-lorette-cave-in-rochefort/en/V/17167.html
Bicycles and bicycle paths everywhere and with absolute priority!
The first chat of a good Greek friend I visited was:
"attention at Bicycles"!
You are in danger of going to jail or in the hospital!
In jail, because it is easy to hit someone when you excite of a circular square or even turning right on a reason of limited visibility in combination with their speed.
In the hospital, because they move fast on pedestrian streets with or without a special line...
22-05
First stop at "Dinant" hometown of "Adolphe Sax" manufacturer of Saxophone - the whole city decorated with Saxophones
Η είσοδος στην πόλη φάρδους 2,70…
Citadelle de Dinant is accessible from the city by road or by 408 steps or by cable car.
Due to great difficulty in parking down in the city, the solution of parking outside the entrance of the castle was preferred
50.261546, 4.916692
- where there was no problem of overnight stays - and the descent in the city with the cable car that was otherwise paid in a single package with the entrance & a mini cruise at 14 €
Belgium, the Joy of Hara and for every with four legs! She could go everywhere! Caves, museums, Forts, cruises, cable cars and of course, cafes and bars!
«Notre-Dame of Dinant»
«Pont Charles de Gaulle»
A visit to the museum of "Sax"
beautiful and picturesque the small riverside (river Meuse "Meuse") city but having nothing else to do there decided to continue after the siesta to "Waterloo" where we plan to overnight...
A stop at the "Namur", or rather the drive to the Acropolis with a fantastic view of the city and the medieval bridge on the River Massa that connects "Namur and Jambes".
Due to time, it is not possible to enter the castle.
So we continued on "Waterloo" a hill with a lion on the top and an exhibition center closed, the absolute wilderness!
repentant that we did not stay in "Namur" - we would have seen it better the next morning - we continued for Brussels...
In "Brussels" we arrive late in the evening. Parking on the street outside the main train station (gare du modi) and the nearby mosque (El Mouhsinin), because what I had in my notes - near here - did not inspire me any true ...With a parking fee the day but a small amount... Very fuss day and night! Police, army, were alternating every fifteen minutes...
23-05
cycling in Brussels. Beautiful historic center, as always ...
the city of contrasts...
there are exist also in the richest cities... Unfortunately...
The night in Antwerp. Parking in the river on huge free parking, quiet with a few cars in the evening, but at the day...
51.21447, 4.39130
24-05
By bicycle in Antwerp.
A little below our parking a Russian training ship.
and the castle "Hetsteen"
hetsteenisopen.be
the central square, "Grote Markt"
the TOWN HALL,
the cathedral,
the main shopping street
the train station
Getting out of town an incredible 30 km long traffic! chaos!
The self-destruction of motorways...
unfortunately, as a friend informed me is a daily matter...
up to 26-05
in "Sint Niklaas" visit to a good Greek friend and his family.
A Call to ADAC - no problem - change the battery with 220 €! it should be changed to Athens - I had the marks...
27-05
Gent- Γάνδη
Ones at the free camper-stop / parking next to the canal and the kayaking club. with a near bt park for Hara.
51.0463, 3.70267
Quite close to the center, 2,5 km - by bike - many canals and little canals with enough traffic from tourist but also private boats.
To the center by the Sint-Michielsbrug Bridge
The Gravensteen Castle
The bars in the canals
too much people on the main channel
and a vertical garden ...
return to the car, by GPS ...
Beautiful, relaxed city though enough touristy!
28-05
Bruges
As usual, at the scheduled parking point,
through the Kruispoort gate
1.4 km from the main square, the historic center, and next to the river. There was a parking meter but inactive due to Sunday ...
51.211001, 3.240382
"Bruges" a city encircled by water with countless small canals, has beautiful corners inside and outside of touristic routes.
Dutch windmill (4 in a park near me).
Several private boats are sailing in the wide river near the historic center.
I counted 30 waiting for the bridge to open and it opens frequently ...
Two beautiful squares next to each other with the imposing Belfort Bell Tower of Brugge and the many cafe-restaurants (Place De Bruges)
Beer in the historic "Bier Café", at Cordoeanier Straat 1,
just above the tourist office.
The Basilica of the Holy Blood, the Brugse Town Hall and the Art Museum, at the other (Burg Square).
money...
and culture? public air pump for bicycles in the main square...
29-05
Tournaι,
parking in the free car park, "Esplanade de l'Europe" with space for camper-stop, but occupied by a luna park.
only 750m from the main square.
50.605377, 3.380962
a short tour of the historic center.
the train station
footbridge
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Tournai covered with sails due to renovation
It did not inspire us so much as to decide to stay and so after the siesta departure for "Spa"
Arrival at dusk in the small town with the famous thermal baths from where the term "Spa" was established internationally. Parking, in the square of the town hall, due to an advanced time - and luck - was found, enough for our length.
the cathedral
a Ride on the main street with the casino,
theater
and other classical buildings that testify to the prosperity of the past and the villas in the hills around the continuation of its glory.
30-05
A visit to the baths, is on the hill above the city where you climb by a cable car - it was out of order - driving a difficult-asphalt- road. The parking was free even though there were bars.
The three-hour bath costs 20 €.
Refreshed from the Spa we started for 125km to Trier (Germany).
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