If it's Tuesday this must be Belgium

Pierre made a reference to this funny title from a 1969 romantic comedy about a whirlwind European tour (stars Suzanne Pleshette and Ian McShane). The title is actually "apropos" (another of the many French words, like "cliché" [wink] which enrich our English language) of our trip this week as we are moving fast to the finish line and staying in 6 different places in as many nights.

Following a lovely breakfast on Tuesday morning, Pierre and Lisbeth took us to see Wavre, a Battle of Waterloo sight that we had not had time to see when we trampled all over the Waterloo sights with them in 2005.

Wavre is not far from where our hosts live and is the site of a battle in which British General Wellington's Prussian ally Blucher fought and delayed Napolean's General Grouchy and prevented his joining Napolean's main force in the Battle of Waterloo. When Bluecher's forces arrived at Waterloo late in the day, Napolean realized the battle was lost and began retreating toward Paris.

We visited the sight on a blustery morning with temperatures around 30 F but enjoyed bringing our Battle of Waterloo visit full circle from our last time in Belgium!