After such a long day at Waterloo the day before, Mr C overslept a little so I got up quietly and read my book. Our plan for the day was to visit Abbey Park which is on the outskirts of Leuven. My plan was to go to hotel reception and ask about the travel options [...]
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Leuven – Day Five
12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 1st 2015
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Leuven – Day Four…
…From Mr C’s perspective
Waterloo 200
I was lucky enough to be able to visit the battlefield of Waterloo on the 18th June 2015, that date being the 200th anniversary of one of Europe’s most important battles. Waterloo, for those unfamiliar with the battle, saw the end of Napoleon Bonaparte’s reign as Emperor of the French 1st [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Jun 30th 2015
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Leuven – Day Four…
…From my perspective
Today was the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo and Mr C planned to spend the day on the battlefield. I was disturbed out of my sleep when he woke up earlier than usual and started to get things ready for his day out. After breakfast Mr C caught the train to [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Jun 29th 2015
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Leuven – Day Three
We had another lazy start to the day and after breakfast we decided not to venture into the garden just in case we got locked in again. Instead Mr C decided to walk me to the Botanical Gardens so I could enjoy them whilst he made his way to the station to buy train tickets [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 26th 2015
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Leuven – Day Two
We were both a bit slow to emerge from sleep due to the previous day being so long. When we arrived at the breakfast room we found it was stocked with all the basic needs for a no-frills breakfast. After enjoying breakfast, we decided to step into the hotel’s garden quadrangle and found that we [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 25th 2015
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Leuven – Day One
The taxi arrived on time to take us to Stafford station for the first part of our train journey. I felt a bit sorry for the taxi driver because Mr C hadn’t factored in enough time to cater comfortably for slow moving traffic but we made it in time. When we arrived in London the [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Jun 24th 2015
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A Room with a Night Time View…
…Two planets and a star
Venus, Jupiter and Regulus shining bright in the sky.
Brilliant Venus in west from dusk until mid-to-late evening. Venus – the brightest planet and third-brightest sky object overall (after the sun and moon) – reaches its greatest elongation in the western sky on June 6. That means it is at its farthest from [...]
15 Comments CherryPie on Jun 23rd 2015
