Namur, Belgium Travel Blogs

Beers with Jono.
Nov 3, 1998

... . We had to leave before 8pm. Pity, as they close the rode every night and play the last post. We had one more night, in Belgium, then we jumped on a ferry and made our way back to England. We had been on the road for four months 2 days. It was quite ...

Dinant la merveilleuse
Aug 5, 2007 (15 photos)

... our backdrop as we ventured south to the town of Dinant. I'd wanted to get a taste of la Wallonie, or French-speaking Belgium outside of Brussels, and so after a breakfast of bread and chocolate (a custom I'm strongly considering importing to Canada), we ...

8th of september part 3(finishes early the 9th)
Sep 8, 2006

In namur we realise that trains to not run all night long and it is about midnight so we decide to find a bar where we can stay until the Train station re-opens at 4. Now I don't know what it is about europe but everything, including bars, close early! ...

Namur
Jun 29, 2007 (4 photos)

... and this is taking ages! We have covered some ground since Lubeck, in fact two more countries!  Now in Belgium in a place called Namur (largely chosen because the lonely planet entry for here said we could do things for free).  And we have ...

Film à Bruxelles
Feb 18, 2007 (6 photos)

Le temps était plutôt frais et pluvieux aujourd'hui et Yannic et moi décidons de "profiter" du mauvais temps pour aller voir un film à Bruxelles. C'est la première fois depuis mon dernier séjour que je retourne dans le centre touristique de la ville et je ...

Camping in Rochefort
May 3, 2007

May 2 We arrived in Jemelle train station, obviously there was no bus again and we definitely didn't know anything of the area. We simply lift our thumb at the first car passing by while we were at the bus stop at the train station and the car stopped. ...

Thunderstorms and Trifle
Aug 14, 2006

Solo touring with your tent on the back is pretty sweet normally. Love the freedom, don't know who you're going to meet today or where you're going to sleep that night. But today I had one of the downers. It'd been raining all day (again) and then ...

Capitale de la région wallonne
Apr 1, 2007 (34 photos)

Par une autre belle journée de printemps, nous sautons sur le train pour visiter Namur. C'est une ville de taille moyenne d'environ 100 000 habitants, située au confluent de la Meuse et de la Sambre. Elle est célèbre pour sa citadelle qui a connu de nombreux ...

Namur and Brussels
Aug 15, 2009 (17 photos)

... the streets. I finally had my Belgian waffle with chocolate and strawberries, overlooking the Grande Place. I had some relaxing time too in Brussels and even managed to do all my laundry. Thanks to my nice friends in Belgium for their great hospitality.

Transfer day
Jul 16, 2007 (2 photos)

... ;et de continuer le lendemain. ......Aucune chambre disponible...hmmmmmmm....OK, plan B.....j'ai pris le train directement pour Namur. Excellente idee! De toute facon, c'est assez poche pour les velos a Bruxelles, et assez dangereux....... ...

trips to the Ardennes
Oct 9, 2008

... the alps, it was so pretty. The biggest problme with the Ardennes is that they're way too crowded. People from Belgium  AND the netherlands go there - two totally overcrowded, flat countries where people are seeking some semblance of topography. So ...

June 15: Namur
Jun 17, 2008

cute little town, hostel is on the river, great old citidel overlooking the whole town.

You camp in front of the creepy cave!!!!!!!
Jun 13, 2007

... in Jemelle that we could walk to. We had just walked right from there so we decided to do some renegade camping somewhere in Belgium. We walked along the path leading back to Jemelle and decided to walk off the path into the woods and found a flat place ...

Euro Adventure 06: Volume 5
May 29, 2006 (54 photos)

Hi guys, hope all is well wherever you are! We are going awesome, currently in Namur, Belgium, but not really enjoying a lot of rain we've been having recently - but hopefully that will change soon! Anyway this is just a short note to say hi, let you ...

Namur or Bust?
Jul 14, 2007

... see.  We get rid of the bag and start walking.  This was our first trip to Wallonia, the French speaking part of Belgium.  It feels like France. It is a really cute little town with a nice old section filled with lots of cafes and shops. ...

Days 92-104:March 30 -April 11 Hols:Before Ireland
Apr 5, 2009

... for dinner (basically crumbed cheese usually fried but we grilled them, pretty good shiz!) dimanche: Day with WEP at Namur (town closest to where I live) for exchange students to talk to other families and students going on exchange soon. Veronique was ...

Nice town
Oct 8, 2009

Dinant is a beautiful town.  It is the birthplace of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the Saxophone. Why was it so hard to find a restaurant that was open on Thursday evening?

Hospitalized
Jan 8, 2007 (2 photos)

The idea was quite bad to make a last tennis match before our departure. I stepped on a metal foot of a division wall in the gym - and the ligaments were ripped off. Bad luck. We had to postpone and modify the trip to Turkey. The cast will be taken off on ...

Kayaking adventure
Jun 24, 2008

... with the intersections, can make for a harrowing ride just trying to keep up! So, kayaking down the Lesse river near Dinant, Belgium. The Lesse offers 21 km of wild beauty. The river runs like a snake through a region with medieval castles, a nature ...

Days 11-15: Jan 12-16: First Week @ School
Jan 11, 2009

Monday - 1E JOUR D'ECOLE AHHHH Ok, so I've been nervous 3 times since I got here. Once, walking out the international departures gate at Bruxelles, the second catching the train in by meself to Bruxelles for the language week, and, for the first day of ...

Koken voor gevorderden
Aug 5, 2004 (28 photos)

Ne kapotte knie en plots vroeger dan gepland terug in Belgie! Of ik mee wou gaan koken op scoutskamp? ... Een geluk bij een ongeluk zou'k zo zeggen! Enkele fouragesfeerplaatjes, Guy

Days 70-89:March 8-March 27:School Life avantParis
Mar 27, 2009 (15 photos)

... choco sauce for dessert :). Don't know if I've already explained but during these coming holidays if you're in 6e (year 12) in belgium nearly every school has a "voyage rheto", basically a trip to somewhere for a week or so, and you're obliged to go. Pol ...

A road trip to Wallonia and even France with Nele
Sep 8, 2005 (7 photos)

... actually I bet we would have stayed longer if they didnt tell us immediately to leave :D) We finished the day at the citadelle of Namur for a drink and sunset and head back to Leuven. Since her evening plan didnt seem to show up and we never made up an ...

Dinant
Oct 18, 2007 (5 photos)

Dinant is a beautiful town with a castle.

Bruges
Aug 1, 2005

*to be updated*

Day Trip across Southern Belgium
Sep 24, 2004

Exploring Belgium...

From JeePee to Luxemburg City
Jan 28, 2005

Picked up JeePee in Naninne

Days 8-10: 10-11 Jan: Weekend Back With Fam
Jan 11, 2009

Germaine and Francois came to pick me up, with François driving. It was great! I actually understood what was going on, coz it was basic directions and shiz like slow down, STOPPPP. On way home, we stopped off at Germaine's sister's house. Fairly ...

Days 18- 24: Jan 19-25: Normal Week
Jan 26, 2009 (5 photos)

... stringy red lolly stuff. AHHH YUM. I've decided anything with chocolate is better here, except milo because that doesn't exist in Belgium, sadly enough. And chips are better too. They have salt and pepper chips, yum, and paprika too which is also good. ...

The Song Of My Exchange
May 11, 2009

Fuck. Another turning point; a fork stuck in the road. Time grabs you by the wrist; directs you where to go. So make the best of this test and don't ask why. It's not a question but a lesson learned in time. It's something unpredictable but in ...