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Our five-day stay in Belgium was short and sweet. On our last day, we started with coffee and then went for a hike to the Tour Leroux observation tower. I spotted this cute urban roadside coffee spot called Le Coffee Ride . They brew specialty coffee and also sell cycling apparel. 📍LeRoux Observation Tower Me reaching the top of the observation tower—after a roughly 20-minute walk through the woods and over the hills to get there. Thanks for carrying my bag for a while :) We've also found a bench to sit and relax and enjoy a view up there.  Finally the tower! ⮝We started out in the parking lot, looking up at the LeRoux Tower. Later, from the top of the tower, we looked straight back down at where we had been standing. ⮟ We also spotted our holiday park.

Another day in the Belgian Ardennes, which means another day of hiking, nature, and good food. No cycling today (thank goodness), so we got into the car and drove to Vielsalm, St. Vith, and Malmedy. 📍Vielsalm. The lake Lac des Doyards is gorgeous. Coffee break at Malmedy. Small town but it has lots of beautiful flowers.  We also stopped in St. Vith (Sankt Vith in German), which played a role in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II. I didn’t know much about it, but R., my own personal historian did and wanted to see the town for himself. "can you please put your shades down :)" 📸  In St. Vith we also got dinner and found this nice pizza place called Pizza Taxi Roma. When it comes to Italian food, I’m definitely more of a pasta girl than a pizza one. 📍Lac des Doyards