Saturday, November 17, 2012

Dinant

I wish I would have taken more photos of this city, now i'll have to go back some day and do all the adventures that they offer such as Climbing, Kayaking, Caving, hiking and more. First thing that comes to mind when I think of Dinant is how none of the residents speak English and it's either French or Dutch. So trying to get around the city wasn't the easiest for a dumb American but I ended up eating at some nice places and getting some dang good fries! I realize now I could have documented this place better but now I have another excuse to go back maybe by then i'll know French.
 We started out by checking out the Dinant Citadel which is pretty much in the center of the town and not so pretty from the outside but very pretty from the inside! And when we got inside I had noticed the chanting and the bells from the outside and that was ever so soothing, So I just sat down and listened.

Next we had taken a lift up to castle and had an amazing view of the City, I also gazed at for a while.
                                     As I said, the view of the city was impressive!
After this we had taken a hike on one of the trails to make to another "castle" which turned out to not be a castle just a look out that was probably a part of the defense for the castle. Regardless of that it was a good hike and I'd like to go back because I found myself a cave that was unmarked and pretty well hidden. And you may ask yourself "did he go in" Well, YES I DID! It seemed to go in pretty far I couldn't tell simply because I did not have a headlamp with me and no rope, I went in about 40 feet and when the cave came to a stop I looked down and saw a hole going down which I really want to go into! 

On our way to the Hostel I saw a funny sign and had to include it in this blog.
Next stop GHENT


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