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Tuesday, July 24, 2012- Durbuy, Belgium

Durbuy is the tinniest city in the world. It totally reminded me of a storybook. It looked like the backdrop to Snow White. I have to admit that I was thankful that it was small. There wasn’t much walking to be done to see everything. It was hilly. The street were cobblestone. One had to pay attention to where you are placing your feet. It was really touristy. There were lots of knick-knack stores packed on small streets. My friend mentioned that there seemed to be one restaurant for every person that live in Durbuy. I agree. They were all sidewalk cafés. With those sidewalk cafes, there were cars and motorcycles that were parked up against them. We went to one that was off the beaten path. It also had outside eating but behind a stone wall. You could hear the traffic but it wasn’t on top of you.

Tonight, we were invited to a cousin’s house to have dinner. The menu was wild boar and coquettes. I have never eaten wild game. It was good. It was a little tough but tasty. Dinner was a little hard. Everyone was speaking French. My French is poor. It was difficult to keep up with what was being said. I would ask questions like, “What was important?” or “A piece of what?” Yea, wine helps when you are nervous. I went for a walk with the cousin. She didn’t speak much English. She was cool. She was really friendly and wanting to make my stay in Lincent a good one. I am not sure if she realized that I had to be up the next morning early to leave for home. On the walk, I met one of the cousin’s co-workers. Also, a couple that was selling ferrets. All of the people were really friendly.

I noticed that dinner in Europe was always really late. It seemed to begin at 7 or 730 pm. The dinner at the cousin was the same. I got back to my friend’s house at 10 pm. I was pooped. But, I managed to pack for my trip home. I am going to take the Eurostar out of Brussels, Belgium to London, England. I couldn’t get a flight out of Brussels. I also wanted to see little bit of London even if it was only a couple of hours.

Loved that there was a horse drawn carriage on the street
Where am I going?
Just looked like it should be on a street in front of a cafe in Durbuy
Shield of Arms. I forget that these actually existed. 
Looks like it should be on a post card. Yet, it's on a street.
When 

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