On Wednesday, 28th November, we woke to fog, although apparently this was nothing compared to what they often get. Our first destination of the day was Dinant. It's main landmark is a very gothic looking church, built into the side of a cliff, the Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame. Dinant is also the birthplace of Adolphe Sax, the creator of the saxophone. All along the main bridge are giant saxophones, each one decorated a different way to recognise different European cities.
A foggy morning
Collegiate Church of Notre-Dame
One of the many saxophone's on the main bridge in Dinant
Dinant
Next we made a pit stop at Maredsous Abbey where the monks traditionally made beer, until it was sold to a private company or something. We couldn't actually watch anything but the building was nice.
Maredsous Abbey
Our last stop of the day was to be Durbuy. It is apparently known as "the smallest city on Earth" but we are not really sure why or how it got that name (neither does the internet!). Sarah and Niels visited the town a couple of summers back and it is quite a cute place, but perhaps more lively in the warmer months. There were lots of small cobblestone streets and laneways and, once again, the Christmas markets were setting up, but alas, we would not be there for them.
On the road to Durbuy
Durbuy
Durbuy Castle
And back at our accommodation, in case you were wondering after yesterday's post, I won another game of Spite and Malice :)
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