Dinant II

Dinant is the closest town of significance to our holiday village in Hastiere and we are so glad it is. We visited it for a second time today.

Aside from actually snapping some photos, we visited the amazing cathedral with a stained glass window that must be 40 feet high.

We had a terrific lunch at a Belgian tea and chocolate salon. The carrot coconut curry soup was superb and the salad a revelation of colors, textures and flavors. For dessert I had the cherry tarte and tea; Gordon had the pear and almond tarte with Belgian hot chocolate. Once he added sugar (which they brought out with the drink) he deemed it sublime. Sorry, no pics.

Before heading back up into the hills, actually the foothills of the Ardenne mountains, we took a minute to pick up the beer selections for the evening's tasting. Mmmmm mm mm.Read more