Belgium

 Rachel, the kids, and I traveled to Belgium today!  We stopped at Chateau Jehay.  The web pictures were amazing.  The outside of the chateau were beautiful.  AND...that's where it stops.  We paid 9 euro to tour the house (with an audio tour).  We got to see about six rooms...and that was it!

After listening to a boring two or three minutes on the audio tour, I handed it to Ethan.  He listened to every stinking word!  He and Rachel informed us of what everything was.  It turns out only one item in the house was original.  Everything else was bought from all over the world.  Hey...at least we can say that we have been to a chateau in Belgium.

We drove about thirty minutes into Brussels.  Our first stop was the science museum.  This museum has   thirty REAL dinosaur skeletons.  They were so impressive!  

 The museum was pretty hands on!  The kids enjoyed looking at all the interactive exhibits!

 

Downstairs were seven Iguanadon skeletons.  In the late 1800's some miners found the bones and started moving them to this museum.  They have them laid out exactly how they found them in the mine.  They also had a model of the mine and where the bones were.  The seven dinosaurs were so close to each other.  This was so amazing to me!

We have a hotel for the night.  Tomorrow we are going to see the flower carpet (it happens every two years), eat some Belgium chocolate, and look at some Belgium lace!  That is the plan anyway!  At dinner tonight, someone stole Rachel's wallet.  She has been on the phone all night canceling her credit cards!  

The fellas have been talking about the incident all night.  We have said many prayers for Rachel and the bad man!  I am saying a prayer that we enjoy tomorrow!!!