Capturing (...) - Bouillon and getting back to Brussels

Bouillon, the second highlight of our trip. Yet again another castle, but probably the best castle I have seen in my life. Why?

well, If you remember the castles you normally see, it almost seems that everyone (literal) lived in a 5 star hotel so tidy the place seems to be. You get a glimpse of how the monarchs live but you don't really see capture how the people lived in those days. Well, that is the idea that I was pleasantly surprise to see fought by the castle in Bouillon.
Here you get to see all the dungeons (how they really were), all the places were the common citizen slept, where the prisoners were kept. It really takes back through time and fills your imagination completely. Really something that I recommend anyone to visit. As you can see, it has an amazing view over the city. It must have been a treat to defend this castle a couple of centuries ago.

After Bouillon, we decided to spend the rest of the day slowly strolling the national roads of Belgium towards our final destination: Brussels. That my friends (the decision to go through the road less traveled), was clearly one (if not the best) of our decisions throughout that weekend. We saw so many incredible villages, cities, sceneries that otherwise would be lost if we had decided to take the highways. Truly a decision that I recommend to everyone who wants to really get to know this country....But the sceneries will be kept for a completely different posting.

Anyways, after Bouillon came Rochefort (amazing lunch, delicious) and after Rochefort came Dinant with its inponent cathedral, hidden away in the rocks. Solid as rocks are the Dinant traditional honey cookies, but we let that one for yourself to figure out whenever you go there. Check out the picture.

Dinant was the last city where we made a stop over. After that it was just a stroll through the national roads of Belgium towards Brussels. Namur was on the way but by them we had no time to stop even for a second.

As a summary this was an incredible and unforgetable trip. 3 wonderful days discovering together Belgium and Luxembourg. Of course that are many places where we would like to have stayed there for a couple of days. For this time it was not possible but for a next time there are definitely a lot of places that we will want to revisit.

A big kiss/hug to everyone,

Andreia & Goncalo