
I have tried to come to this town a few times now, I drove past it once on my way to Dinant, but did not have time to stop. And then other times when I had planned to go , something came up last minute so had to postphone

not today, so this town is called Laon, back in the early ages, this was the capital of the Austrasian Empire, so much history here, I love it, and what attracted me to this town in the first place was that it is built on top of the only hill for hundreds of kilometers, so back in the ages, naturally a very strategic position, now this hill is surrounded by wheat and corn fields

one of the "older gates"

below the burger

save me writing the info I found, I just take the photo and show you

loving walking around these streets

the main Cathedral of Laon

narrow passages

and then will probably be some hidden passages as well

high up

view of the surrounding cornfields beyond the train tracks

but the place does feel like it needs a lot of tlc

then back on the small country roads to Brussels airport

lot of farm fields

and then a quick look at the childhood home

bit different now, not as nice as how my Dad fixed up it, after we left there was a pretty bad fire

so does not look quite the same after the fire reno