Thanks for the Present

Thanks to all of our kids....we took advantage of your Christmas gift and spent Conference Week-end in the Ardennes! In the background you can see the castle in Bouillon.

It was a beautiful day and the Fall colors were just coming out.

We took a hike in the hills.  After our hike we dropped down to the water and had a rest on the bench and soaked in the view.  See Dad on the bench?

Just over the Belgian border in the small town of Sedan France.  Tom is in the courtyard of the Castle/Fort and behind him is the hotel where we spent the night.  It is one wing of the castle.

We played two games and we each had a win....oh yea!  I won the second game because he hit the 8 ball in the hole!

Lit up at night.  Always fun to walk around the small village.  We ate dinner at Lucifer's Grill where they served Italian pizza cooked from a wood fire.  Appropriate for Conference Week-end we thought.

On the walls of the castle (did I say it is the largest medieval castle in Europe still standing?)

Just one wall of the castle.  It was HUGE.

The inner courtyard, but again, only a small section of it.

One entrance to the fort.  I think the walls were 35 meters thick.  Massive.

So thanks everyone for a fabulous Christmas gift.  The great part?  We already have the gift for this Christmas.....so we still have another week-end coming up to enjoy.  It's a perfect gift and we thank you all!