On Tuesday we had a look around Redu. Unfortunately, most of the stores are not open at the beginning of the week so we will look again on Thursday or Friday. We did manage to look inside one store which had a floor of French, a floor or Dutch, and a floor of English books. The old man who owned it was from The Netherlands and spoke all 3 languages. He was quite a character and was happy to tell us stories about how his wife started the International Organisation of Book Towns and about their travels to those towns and the people they met. Apparently there is a book town in Korea with 200 book stores!
'A Book Town is a small rural town or village in which second-hand and
antiquarian bookshops are concentrated. Most Book Towns have
developed in villages of historic interest or of scenic beauty.'
A house in Redu
We then popped back 'home' for lunch before driving to Bouillon which has one of the oldest castles in Belgium, built in the eighth century.
Fort of Bouillion
Bridge over River Semois in Bouillion
As the light disappeared, Niels decided to cross over into France, just for the hell of it, before we headed back to our 'home' in Lesse. Our evening consisted of another game of Ludo, dinner, and 2 games of the card game Spite and Malice, which Sarah and Niels taught me, and I won both! They think it was beginners luck but 2 out of 2 is pretty good and I'm hoping to beat them again tonight :D
Crossing the border
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