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Monday, July 23, 2012- Namur/Didant

We visited Namur and Didant. I forget that Belgium was invaded by the French and the Germans. I saw citadels in both Namur and Didant. It is crazy to me how they were placed on the rivers, always at high points.

Both Numar and Didant had a feel of the French Rivera meets the Hamptons. They both lie on the same river. They both know they are super pretty. My friend mentioned that people from Namur can be a little stuck up.

In Didant, it had a more tourist feel. But, there was a church there. I went in. It was all stone. I am not the one to be religious. I was amazed by the architecture. The building was made out of pure stone. The building had to have been built in the 1500′s. I wonder how they were able to query the stone, how they got the stone up so high or how they made the stain glass windows? The guy who invented the saxophone was born in Didant. At one time, I wanted to be a sax player. That was an interesting fact for me. I admit I was starving. We stopped at a sidewalk cafe. I shouldn’t've done it, I ordered a pizza. Being a New Yorker, it wasn’t up to our standards. Actually, it was super gross. 

I am leaving on Wednesday. Tomorrow, I will see some more of the country. Plus, I was invited to one of my friends cousins homes for dinner. It will be hard to communicate. But, I think that it will be good. I do like the traditional foods better than what they think tourists want.
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