So we stayed at that place we couldn't pronounce for 2 nights. Mom's disappointment of not making it to Barcelona put a little damper on things for a while, but looking at the weather seeing 100-degree temperatures we would have been very uncomfortable.

Now Mom is having trouble finding places that look interesting but being tired of France and the same old villages gray and closed up, we continued North.

Belgium here we are again, and yes it was raining

We are now driving through beautiful area called the Ardennes, which is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills, and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France

the elevations range from 1,150 to 1,640 ft [350 to 500 m]

As we were driving along Mom noticed a castle on a ridge and decided to turn around to explore. The towns name is Boullion..........

We came into town on this road just wide enough for Lucy. Luckily it was a one-way street.

There was the direction to an RV parking and after a few very narrow turns we finally made it through a tunnel and over an old cobblestone bridge and parked. Sometimes Mom isn't convinced that Lucy will fit on these streets and maybe not be allowed but so far we've done ok.................as far as I know

This turned out to be a cute little town so we parked for the night and went bike riding back to the town.

The most famous of the Lords of Bouillon was Godfrey of Bouillon, (must be a saucy guy)a leader of the First Crusade and the first ruler of the Kingdom of Jerusalem. He sold the Bouillon estate to the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. The prince-bishops started to call themselves Dukes of Bouillon, and the town emerged as the capital of a sovereign duchy by 1678, when it was captured from the prince by the French army and given to the La Tour d'Auvergne family. The duchy was prized for its strategic location as "the key to the Ardennes" and hence to France itself. It remained a quasi-independent protectorate, like Orange and Monaco, until 1795, when the Republican Army annexed it to France.

Unfortunately, there were no dogs in the castle allowed? 

I think Mom was a little relieved because the hike up there would have been quite strenuous.

After the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte, the city was given to the Netherlands in the 1815 Treaty of Paris. It has been part of Belgium since the Revolution of 1830.

the castle is mostly the work of French military engineer Vauban during Louis XIV’s wars of expansion in the 17th and 18th centuries.

  Instead of hiking Mom though we should pedal in the river on one of these things

She asked if it was possible for one person to maneuver and yes they said. Hahaha Mom really struggled to keep us going and especially against the stream. The hike up the castle would have been easier.

The pink flamingos are following us everywhere

The name of the river is the Semois and the total length is 210 kilometers (130 mi) it's very popular for kayaking, which we should have done instead of the paddleboat
This shows the twists and turns of the river

 After all the pedaling we decided to try out the local brew, we both thought it was a little too bitter

We finally got back to Lucy and made supper a lady came on a bike selling homemade icecream .............what great timing we could use some dessert.

It was absolutely delicious............

Following morning we left Belgium and now we are in Germany

We are now driving along the Mosel river and since Mom had a hard time finding a place she and Lucy haven't been to already we finally settled on staying at a place she knew in Bernkastel-Kues a campsite overlooking the river.

It's very nice here and the beer is 10000 times better............

Until Mom can figure out where to go next there may be a two-nighter here too and that's ok because it's very pretty here 

Wet kisses to ya all

Henry

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