Belgium 2018 Part 2

April 5th, 2020 in Our Travels Worldwide

After Mechelen, Brussels & Antwerp we headed east towards Liege and Spa. On the drive there we stopped by the Hallerbos Forrest and Château de Modave. This was the side of the country we preferred, the “French” side. I am not sure why, perhaps because the drive was gorgeous. Little towns, farmlands, more of what I am sure it is like to LIVE in Belgium not just visit Belgium. To hear the French language and look into people’s day to day lives was very special.

Hallerbos Forrest

Hallerbos Forrest is a place where blue bells grow and you can walk through a gorgeous blue forrest. When we arrived and walked around for quite a long time I couldn’t find any blue bells. However it was a very mystically interesting forrest, not sure why, I want to go back one day. BUT the girls started taking a million pictures of each other and then we left. I found out a day later that we had just needed to drive a bit more up the forrest and would have found all the blue bells.

Château de Modave

Château de Modave was a great pick of an old manor/castle/CHATEAU to tour in Belgium. Some places like that can be hit or miss but this one was great and we had it almost all to ourselves. We danced around in a dungeon, saw how this generation of families lived, and enjoyed the views. Reagan now wants to be a princess and I checked off another bucket list item of touring a real life castle.

Liege

Liege was my favorite city overall in Belgium with Ghent close behind. Liege is on the French side and has a mix of a big city atmosphere with more of a young crowd and at the same time old world as well. It is hard to put in exact words why I enjoyed Liege but Tyler had the same opinion.

Actually one thing for certain that made is a favorite is the best waffles in our entire trip and one of the best meals of my life. A dark chocolate and pear waffle Liege style. The bakery Une Gaufrette Saperlipopette is a dream, I still follow them on Instagram and hope to make it back there. If you do not buy something at this bakery when in this city you should be fined.

We also had another food adventure that might be the weirdest thing that has ever been said to me at a restaurant. The owner was awesome and really wanted us to have a nice time. The tables had grills in them where you grilled your meat. He recommended the kangaroo and said it was the very last he had and would have in a very long time. He proceeded to tell us that all the other kangaroo meat had been recalled because of a virus in the meat but he still had some!! Haha we did not order the Kangaroo.

Spa

Spa didn’t get a ton of our time because we decided to spend a day in Luxembourg. However we did visit Lake Warfaaz and have a simple and perfect family day. Lunch by the lake, paddling around, and a nice long walk. Another moment that embarrassed my kids happened here. Everything was in French and I had to go in the back of the kitchen and just show them what I wanted. My girls almost killed me.