On the way back from Brugge, we planned to go through Luxembourg. David wanted to see the casemates. To get from Luxembourg from Brugge, you pass very close to Waterloo, so we decided to stop there for just a bit. there is a huge conical man-made hill there - the Butte du Lion. It has 226 steps up.
We hadn't planned on going up, but David thought it looked like fun, so I took the kids up. It was pretty neat to see where Napoleon surrendered, but it doesn't look like it did then, since there was no giant hill then. But, there's still a map up at the top where you can see where the various armies were.
There's also the Panorama building. You go inside and up some steps, and you emerge in the center of a circular wooden platform. All around you is a mural of the battle, painted as if you were in the middle of it. They also have some diorama sorts of parts along the outside floor, so you feel more like you're there. It's cool.
We then headed the rest of the way down to Luxembourg. We ran into a little traffic, but nothing horrible, and we got there in time for lunch. We found a little cafe and got some sandwiches. Then, we walked down to the City Sightseeing bus and took it around. We got out at the casemates and explored in there for a while, but after that, we just rode the bus. We were all a bit tired. Since I described Luxembourg a couple of years ago, I won't bore you with it again.
The drive home was uneventful. Tomorrow will be local, so we can rest up for our upcoming weekend in Paris!
Emma says - It was neat seeing where Napoleon lost. I had no idea so many countries were in that battle. Seeing the casemates again was neat. We saw tunnels that we hadn't taken before.
We hadn't planned on going up, but David thought it looked like fun, so I took the kids up. It was pretty neat to see where Napoleon surrendered, but it doesn't look like it did then, since there was no giant hill then. But, there's still a map up at the top where you can see where the various armies were.
There's also the Panorama building. You go inside and up some steps, and you emerge in the center of a circular wooden platform. All around you is a mural of the battle, painted as if you were in the middle of it. They also have some diorama sorts of parts along the outside floor, so you feel more like you're there. It's cool.
We then headed the rest of the way down to Luxembourg. We ran into a little traffic, but nothing horrible, and we got there in time for lunch. We found a little cafe and got some sandwiches. Then, we walked down to the City Sightseeing bus and took it around. We got out at the casemates and explored in there for a while, but after that, we just rode the bus. We were all a bit tired. Since I described Luxembourg a couple of years ago, I won't bore you with it again.
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The drive home was uneventful. Tomorrow will be local, so we can rest up for our upcoming weekend in Paris!
Emma says - It was neat seeing where Napoleon lost. I had no idea so many countries were in that battle. Seeing the casemates again was neat. We saw tunnels that we hadn't taken before.
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