The town hall at Lier, Belgium, where we stopped on our way to the Netherlands on Saturday. It was a beautiful day - for January. About 40F. We felt even better about it after talking with my parents in Chicago who said it was subzero with a foot of snow on the ground. I told Eliot that, if he stays a midwesterner, this will be the warmest winter of his life. (Barring drastic climate change...)
The main tourist attraction in Lier is this astronomical clock. Unfortunately, we thought the town hall tower (above) had the astronomical clock, so as the noon bells rang and no figures were appearing, we looked around to try and find the clock that actually has moving figures. As the photo shows, we made it to this clock at about quarter past. We still liked it even if we didn't get to see all the bells and whistles.
Eliot liked this sheep hearding statue. He greeted several of the sheep individually and discovered the dog that is near the sheperd.
Chris in Lier's Begijnhof. We headed back to the car after the Begijnhof and headed up to our destination for the day - a museum on the water management (read keep the sea out) technology in the Netherlands. When we got there, the parking lot only had five cars. A careful inspection of the information board seemed to reveal that the museum (and accompanying water park) are not open in the winter. Despite Eliot's insistence of, "Open, open!" no one appeared to open the musuem for us. So, we drove on to another town. The drive past all the water and sand and dunes was very pleasant and eased our dissapointment at the museum's failure to recognize the marketing potential for being open in the winter....
The town hall at Lier, Belgium, where we stopped on our way to the Netherlands on Saturday. It was a beautiful day - for January. About 40F. We felt even better about it after talking with my parents in Chicago who said it was subzero with a foot of snow on the ground. I told Eliot that, if he stays a midwesterner, this will be the warmest winter of his life. (Barring drastic climate change...)
The main tourist attraction in Lier is this astronomical clock. Unfortunately, we thought the town hall tower (above) had the astronomical clock, so as the noon bells rang and no figures were appearing, we looked around to try and find the clock that actually has moving figures. As the photo shows, we made it to this clock at about quarter past. We still liked it even if we didn't get to see all the bells and whistles. 
Eliot liked this sheep hearding statue. He greeted several of the sheep individually and discovered the dog that is near the sheperd.
Chris in Lier's Begijnhof. We headed back to the car after the Begijnhof and headed up to our destination for the day - a museum on the water management (read keep the sea out) technology in the Netherlands. When we got there, the parking lot only had five cars. A careful inspection of the information board seemed to reveal that the museum (and accompanying water park) are not open in the winter. Despite Eliot's insistence of, "Open, open!" no one appeared to open the musuem for us. So, we drove on to another town. The drive past all the water and sand and dunes was very pleasant and eased our dissapointment at the museum's failure to recognize the marketing potential for being open in the winter....
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We can go see the water museum when I come visit!!
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