Belgium & Luxemburg

Old picture of the early 1980s. The castle was a rather empty affair. It was constructed between the 11th and 14th century. It came into the hands of the house of Nassau in 1417. In 1820 king William I of the Netherlands sold it piece by piece and it fell into disrepair. In 1977 it was restored. www.castle-vianden.lu/english/index.html See here for a picture before the restoration: www.flickr.com/photos/twocrabs/985622594/

Shot from my car whilst standing before a traffic light.

Antwerp, Grote Markt

André Franquin was a Belgian artist who made comic strips and created several characters, like Gaston Lagaffe (Guust Flater in Dutch) and Marsupilami. The exhibition brought many things from the comic strips to life.

They were very glad to get rid of the Dutch ;-)

The museum describes this room as a museum in a museum.

They were expecting even higher water later this week.

last photo with my Canon T70