Kaarst, Banneux (May 4 - 5)

You might remember I stopped off in Germany on my way over to Sri Lanka back in December. Well, I decided to visit my family there again whilst Paul and I attended a "conference." They live outside of Dusseldorf, fairly close to the Belgium border, which is where we headed for a nice lil' day trip.

Our destination was the Banneux Notre-Dame Sanctuaire. It houses a shrine to the Virgin Mary who according to legend appeared in Banneux back in '33. It was a really busy yet simultaneously peaceful place; the surrounding landscape stood out as stereotypically European.




Just outside the sanctuary we stopped for a quarter-chicken meal.




This is that European countryside I was talking about before.




In Kaarst we just hung around the house a lot, a well timed 'rest' portion of our trip as I came down with a terrible cold, and promptly passed it on to the rest of my family there. During that time though we were able to catch up on our carrom skillz. And no, those aren't electric pants in the forground.

about Belgium & Germany, from Canada