Liège (1)

22 May 2015:  Our itinerary today linked two cities, Visé and Liège.  We are not particularly keen on hiking into or out of cities, as this generally involves a long trek along streets and sidewalks.  Having hiked into Visé yesterday, we decided to take a bus from Visé to Dalhem, a town on the GR5.  And we took another bus at the end of the day, from Jupille (a suburb of Liège) into the center of Liège.

Between Dalhem and Jupille (ca. 15 km), there was some excellent hiking.  We especially enjoyed the broad, dirt trails though forests.  We appreciated the shade of the trees on this hot, sunny day.  The GR5 itself no longer goes through Liège, passing instead to the east of the city.  However, we could not miss Liège, since I lived there for three years (1976-1979).  So we we followed a variant, the GR57, which branches off the GR5 northeast of the city and leads (via Jupille) to the center of Liège.

We walked around the center of the city in the late afternoon — memory lane for me.  Naturally, we walked past my old apartment building at 7 rue Grétry, and we paused at a café that had some special memories for me.  We are staying at a B&B in next to the Cathedral and will explore Liège tomorrow during a rest day.

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Dalhem:

Carroll marche toujours avec élan! 

Curious cows:

Great forest trail:

No doubt about this trail!

A fork in the trail; we followed the GR57 to Liège. 

Arrival in Liège:

Carroll's old apartment building on rue Grétry:

Liège Cathedral:

We continued our sampling of Belgian beers.  Carroll really liked Kwak:

A copious meal: