"Two minutes ago we were on a busy tram. Now we're in the forest." Lucy succinctly captured the feeling of our hike through Bois de la Cambre park in Brussels on Tuesday afternoon. Having returned from Lucy's morning tennis lesson plus an extra hour at camp, and lunch at a new Lebanese place near that tram stop (more falafel cobbled up), we rested a bit then headed out on another bus/tram transit combo to this large park. It was finally a beautiful, sunny, warm day so the park was bustling with activity.
We stayed on the forest trails, then found the tiny island with a €1 ferry ride across the pond lasting a full 1 minute 45 seconds. We hiked around the whole island, all 5 minutes of it which included resting on a bench to snack on peaches. Nature sightings included bunnies, herons, geese, ducks and other unidentified birds. Once off the island again, we finished the hike and made our way home. Only bummer of the day was a fare card machine ate my transit pass with 3 more rides remaining on it; only recourse is a mailed refund. Humpf.
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