Overlooking the town of Dinant, from the fortress above the town
Note the bandage still on John's forehead!
Views from the town of the fortress and the church (yes,
another church!) See the
churches we saw in Rome...
The fortress was built hundreds of years ago and was used to control
trade and traffic on the river and to extort tolls from passing ships
During WWII it was the scene of some very intense hand-to-hand combat
between French and German troops, eventually falling to the Germans
Inside the fortress, a recreation of a bunker. The ground nearby
was hit by a bomb which affected
the foundation of the bunker, thus causing it to shift, until it came
to rest at a 35 degree (or so) angle
It was really freaky walking through it - I had to fight every instinct
I've learned about walking to try
and adjust to the fact that everything was askew. They recommend
that people with heart conditions
not enter this room, and, after doing it, I can see why.