On Thursday, after re-bandaging Jack's
finger and rechecking the repairs, we headed east to French-speaking
southern Belgium, known as Wallonia. We stopped at a campground in
Bastogne, the central town of the Ardennes Forest where the Battle of
the Bulge took place. We continue to have trouble with our online
banking, so Jack took the afternoon to work with the multiple banks
and credit card companies so they talk nice to each other.
We have a nice grassy site, which is a
good change from the parking lot last night and we enjoyed a nice
evening as thunderstorms rolled through, one after another, cozy in
the RV with rain drumming on the roof.
Friday morning we awoke to a clear,
cool beautiful morning. We filled the fresh water tank and drove a
few kilometers to a small museum about the Battle of the Bulge. They
had a lot of WWII motorcycles, scooters, jeeps and other military
vehicles, all set in place as if in the forest, including the snow,
giving us an idea of what the area looked like during the battles.
They also had an interesting propaganda film telling the Battle from
the German perspective along with an excellent film of interviews
with American and British commanders in the Battle.
We have made a gigantic circle from
northern Belgium west across the northern French coast, back
southeast through Paris and the countryside into southern Belgium.
Now, we will start our journey south in the general direction of
Italy.
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| Entrance Gate to American Cemetery in Luxembourg |
First stop Friday afternoon was
Luxembourg, one of the smaller countries in the world, at 51 miles
long. We stopped just outside Luxenbourg City at the only American
Military Cemetery in Luxembourg. Over 5,000 men and one woman are
buried here, along with General George Patton, who requested to be
buried with his men.
We have not seen much in Luxembourg to
make us want to stay and explore, but maybe we just didn't find the
right areas. Boxy, stucco, boring homes and buildings and lots of
office parks.... The northern part of the country was pretty, lots
of forests and streams, but the southern part is practical and
business-oriented, so not much for us here. We found a nice
campground just ½ hour south of Luxembourg City with good WiFi –
again. Hooray!
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