- View of the Castle Beloeil from original entry – note weather
- Entering castle outer gate
- Entering into the castle
- Grand staircase – about the time it was announced no photos inside the chateau
- View of courtyard from inside the chateau
- Walking around part of the construction area
- A little rose wine at the laundromat with Mike and Margarite
- Mons loop ride: Grand Hornu, 19th century coal mining establishment
- Phillipe our guide at the Grand Hornu
- Another part of the ellipse
- The way the Grand Hornu looked in the 19th century
- Steve and Karen, Pennywise leaders
- Notice the tandems parked on the side of this Grand Hornu building
- An area not restored
- The houses built for the coal miners
- Art installation along the rail trail
- More rail trail art
- Trail art
- Trail art
- Church in Mons seen from trail
- One of Van Gogh’s sketches while in the Mons area
- The house where Van Gogh lived while in Mons
- New train station under construction
- Collegiate Saint Waudru
- Inside the church
- Organ in the church, also notice the Foucault pendulum
- Mons belfry
- Grand-Place
- Notice the interesting wire bench
- Our hotel in Mons, Hotel Dream
- Back of Hotel Dream notice stained glass windows
- We can see the belfry from our bedroom
- Six steps down from the bathroom to the bed
- Stained glass window in the stairwell of the hotel
- Group dinner appetizer: croquettes and vegetable soup
- Seafood salad
- Baked fish with eggplant and potatoes
- Yummy dessert
Way too many photos for these 2 days – and slow internet. Our ride to Waterloo, October 4, will have to wait….
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