Monday was a holiday. You're probably thinking, a holiday in August...since when does that happen. Well, here in Belgium (and I think Europe in general), it seems like most catholic events are holidays. This one was the Assumption of Mary.
Ryan finished his busy season Friday night so he actually got to take the day off. To enjoy the nice weather, we met up with some friends at a park a little past Leuven called Le Chateau d'Helecine. Since almost everything shuts down on holiday's, we figured it would be pretty quiet there too, but man were we wrong. There was a HUGE flee market with more people in one place than I have ever seen in Belgium. The playground park was still pretty empty though. The park had about 4 different playgrounds for different age groups, a zipline, massive spiderweb net, teeter totters 6 feet up in the air...Europe knows how to make cool playgrounds!
Kherington especially loved one of the playgrounds. It started with a climb up a little spiderweb, walking across a moving walkway, climb up a couple more feet, across 6 inch wide balance beam, up some more and down a steep tunnel slide. The first time through the course I tried to stay under her so I could catch her if she fell, but after that I figured my chances of breaking a fall wasn't that high anyways so I just sat on the bench and let her do her thing.
Ryan finished his busy season Friday night so he actually got to take the day off. To enjoy the nice weather, we met up with some friends at a park a little past Leuven called Le Chateau d'Helecine. Since almost everything shuts down on holiday's, we figured it would be pretty quiet there too, but man were we wrong. There was a HUGE flee market with more people in one place than I have ever seen in Belgium. The playground park was still pretty empty though. The park had about 4 different playgrounds for different age groups, a zipline, massive spiderweb net, teeter totters 6 feet up in the air...Europe knows how to make cool playgrounds!
Kherington especially loved one of the playgrounds. It started with a climb up a little spiderweb, walking across a moving walkway, climb up a couple more feet, across 6 inch wide balance beam, up some more and down a steep tunnel slide. The first time through the course I tried to stay under her so I could catch her if she fell, but after that I figured my chances of breaking a fall wasn't that high anyways so I just sat on the bench and let her do her thing.
After getting some energy out, we stopped at a stand for some bratwurst. I think we're going to have to start ordering Kherington her own b/c she doesn't like to share with us AND will normally eat most if not all of it on her own. Kevin sat and watched us all eat some good food and I sure can't wait to be able to eat with us.
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