The cherry fram and birthplace of Christina the Astonishing. Some of the outbuilding have been converted to accommodate guests.
Have you ever wondered what happens to the cherry tree after years of live-giving fruit production?
The Roman overland trail turned into bicycle trail and access to fields and orchards. The bicycle and hiking trail networks in Flanders is very well marked.
The little church along the way: Helshoven.
Many of the public buildings display paintings that would normally be found in high priced museums. The Last Supper by a local painter who aspired to become famous like Rubens (16/17th century)
Tienne Michiels being freed from the worldly restraints and injusticess (condemned to death after a two-year trial and burnt as a witch at the stake in 1667).
Pilgrimage along the overland trail from Kassel (Germany) to Bavay (France) developed by the Romans.
The doubt border. Installation by Fred Eerdekens.
The beauty of a day of hiking in what most would consider a miserable day.
Inviting approaches often lead to disappointment!
The most curious and elaborate park bench I encountered so far along my trail through Belgium.
Open landscape.
Mountainous terrain in eastern Flanders, looking south into the Walloon region of Belgium.
The Romanesque courtyard at the cathedral in Tongeren. Here is the centre of power of pre-Celtic (Eburones), Gallo-Roman (Tungri), Roman colonialists, and medieval dynasties.
Sint-Jons church in Tongeren, touched by the rare sunlight of the day.
A corner in the extensive Béguinage of Tongeren with a hostel for the pilgrim.
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