Dinant, Belgium

It was a day trip kind of a Sunday and I had heard about a little town about an hour and a half from us called Dinant, Belgium.  It was a cute little town minus the annoying roads around it (so much construction and streets that made no sense).  It was the original home of the Leffe beer Abbey so there is a really cool little museum there to learn about the history of the beer (one of our favorites). The town sits on the Meuse River and has a small citadel that sits at the top of the cliff with a cable car that takes you up (or you could walk, we chose the cable car for obvious reasons).  We had lunch at a cute little cafe where they really didn't speak english, but the waitress and I muddled through my minor knowledge of French to get us through.  I have heard of caves around the area that we missed, so maybe next time!

Yum! The glass came as a gift in our admission!

Kids in a beer museum? Why not! Everyone else does it!

Our beer sampling after the museum. 

The lady who worked there brought out some toys for the kids and offered to watch them while we finished up wondering around the museum! So nice of her!! We could have stayed here all day!

The building was on the opposite side of the river...the Citadel is in the background.

Walking along the river into the downtown area

The Collegiate Church of Notre Dame 

Girls at lunch!

Boys at lunch!

Really beautiful stained glass inside the church.

The Citadel! The kids had a great time running around here.

An amazing view! The day was so clear you could see for miles (or kilometers)!

We love cannons!

On our way down on the cable car

One last shot from the bridge!