After traveling around the world, the Little Mail Carriers just wanted a bit of a rest… They found the perfect place for it in Dinant, an idyllic city in Belgium gracefully posed on the margins of the Meuse.
Jo (aka juytters) was their host on this trip, and welcomed them with arms wide open! Here’s their report:
Salut everyone! Welcome to Dinant!
This charming Walloon city of around 14,000 inhabitants is squeezed between the Meuse river and the steep cliffs above it. Dinant’s impressive and strategic positioning along the narrow shore exposed it to a lot of battles and tragedies throughout the centuries.
But Dinant’s claim to fame is a happy one, something that brings joy to a lot of music lovers worldwide! Doesn’t ring a bell? Think Kenny G…
… no, not the man himself, but the saxophone he plays, which was invented by Dinant’s most famous citizen: Adolphe Sax! Mr. Sax was born in Dinant in 1814 and followed in the footsteps of his father as an instrument designer, making several improvements to the clarinet before finally inventing the saxophone in 1840.
The city is proud of its heritage and decorated the Charles de Gaulle bridge across the Meuse in colorful saxophones – one for each country in the EU. We zoomed past them in direction of another of Dinant’s highlights: the church of Notre-Dame of Dinant.
The original church was destroyed in 1227 when a big chunk of cliff fell down on it, and again in 1914 during the Battle of Dinant. But the resilient people of the city rebuilt the church to its former glory, using local limestone. Perched high on the cliff in the background, you can see the impressive Citadel fortress, overlooking the city.
A few days later, we got invited to a Postcrossing meetup in Gent, how exciting! We toured the town, bought lots of postcards and met some very nice postcrossers!
That was really lovely! But a trip to Belgium would not be complete without a detour to Brussels… so stay tuned for the next episode, we’ll tell you all about that! :)
À bientôt!
A big thank you to Jo for hosting the little guys and showing them around! Come back in a few days for the second part of the Little Mail Carrier’s adventures in Belgium! :)
24 comments so far
I love the litle mail carriers, thanks for sharing and let's see what thy're next adventure will be! :-)
Thanks for a fun tour!
Happy to read about my country with the eyes of the little mail carriers.
Very good adventure!
The little mail carriers are so nice! I love their adventures :D
Lovely story and wonderful pictures. Jo made a wonderful host. Looking forward to their Brussels adventures.
Nice trip there! I remember going on a canoe trip there years ago!
Thanx for sharing the wonderful trip! :)
Lovely story and pictures, it makes me want to visit the city Dinant as well! I will one day for sure, living not that far away!
Thanks Jo!
What a wonderful trip. Thank you for sharing....
Fabulous article! I so enjoyed reading and learning interesting facts about this lovely spot! Thank you little mail carriers! :-)
Beautiful story look forward to the next one. MOOI Verhaal jongens!!!!!!
So nice Jo, thank you for showing! Unfortunately I couldn't be there since I had a trip to Ardennes just before! Would have loved to be there too!:)
I applaud you for presenting Belgium as 1 country ! Hear hear !
Looking for the second part of the Belgium journey, shure with chocolates and frnch fries, maybe with beer? Poor mail carriers, deverve a treat!
Good to see you here Jo - I am sure the mail carriers had a great time in Belgium.
oy, I noticed something. the little mailman uniform is also Ukraine flag colors.
would be nice to have a picture with a Ukrainian flag. cause there are many postcrossers from there and I just wrote to those on my lists to ask if they are ok.
hopefully little mailman can safely go to that country again some day
Great pics as usual, thanks for sharing :)
BTW have the Little Mail Carriers ever been to a school? I could take them to mine if you want :D I have 3 postcrossers in my class so that would be cool :) I'd of course also show them my city which is quite cool too :D
Oh, I've just been away and wrote a lot of postcards... and now I want to go away again and write lots of postcards... :-)
I visited Belgium many years ago. How did I miss this beautiful area? I guess I'll just have to return to Belgium. We love hearing about the mail carriers adventures and seeing the photos.
Lovely story, wonderful photos. What a pleasure to take part in the adventure this way. Thank you, Jo!
I always enjoy the Little Mail Carriers' travels! And we would LOVE to show them Amish country -- Lancaster PA! ;D
I learned something new today reading your story. Thanks!
Hey .. Great story
I cann't wait the little guys come to Australia .. Robert
Robert
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