Travelling from Givet in France to Belgium we were not sure of the arrangements for paying to pass through. At the first lock, on enquiring we found out that on the Walloon side of Belgium if you are transiting straight to the Netherlands you are not required to pay any fees for the locks. Once we had shown our boat papers we were given a certificate which had to shown at each lock.
The scenery is quite spectcular, the Meuse winds through the Ardenne forests which come right down to the river edge.There were also many cliffs which appeared to be slate.
We stayed in Namur on the town moorings
and Dinant where there were citadels on the high cliffs.
We also passed a chateau with a beautiful maze garden.
and pretty towns clinging to the side of the canal.
Along the way we saw many rock climbers, see if you can spot them looking like flies on the vertical cliffs.
We pass many barges carrying sand or stones. It seems the whole country works on moving some type of earth from one place to another.
and more cliffs and more climbers.
So far most of the Belgians spoke French and we still felt quite at home after being in France for 4 years. Now it was getting a bit scary as it was time to enter the Netherlands and we knew only a few words and could not read any of the signs.
1 comment:
Nice blog. The church in the first picture looks like the one in Foy, could that be the case?
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