We did just come into spring didn't we?? Yesterday, Easter Monday, we got up to discover snow on the ground. It didn't snow all winter but it wanted to snow in spring. We had decided to go for a picnic to Luxembourg for the day and the snow wasn't too bad so we went on our day out. Roads were clear all the way down, in most places there wasn't any snow, to Liege but once we got about 20km on the otherside of Liege (near Ardennes region) my goodness there was alot of snow! We stopped at a parking layby so we could all get out and investigate the wonderful white, fluffy snow. 
This was the first time the boys had ever seen so much snow. Charlie stood in it and it came up past his little knees! Andrew loved throwing snow balls at Papa and Charlie wasn't very sure.
We got to Luxembourg and again most parts were clear of snow so we had a lovely day visiting our favourite valley and a castle. On the way home there was a traffic jam on the motorway so Robert decided to come off at an exit and go another way home. That was a bad idea. The road was really icy from compacted snow and everyone was going really slow. There was one point when I thought we were all going to die, ok slight over reaction but we were on a hill skidding everywhere and there was a big drop on my side of the road. All I can say is I am glad Robert was driving.
When we got to Namur all the snow disapeared again. We learnt 2 things from our day trip. 1 - Robert will have to wait in traffic jams, sometimes it is safer!, 2 - If there is a tiny bit of snow in Turnhout, it will be a blizzard in the Ardennes area!
We got to Luxembourg and again most parts were clear of snow so we had a lovely day visiting our favourite valley and a castle. On the way home there was a traffic jam on the motorway so Robert decided to come off at an exit and go another way home. That was a bad idea. The road was really icy from compacted snow and everyone was going really slow. There was one point when I thought we were all going to die, ok slight over reaction but we were on a hill skidding everywhere and there was a big drop on my side of the road. All I can say is I am glad Robert was driving.
When we got to Namur all the snow disapeared again. We learnt 2 things from our day trip. 1 - Robert will have to wait in traffic jams, sometimes it is safer!, 2 - If there is a tiny bit of snow in Turnhout, it will be a blizzard in the Ardennes area!
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Wij hebben hier ook genoten van lente sneeuwpret !!
Maar hier was het heel braaf en veilig.....vergeleken met jullie spannend avontuur. Wat ben ik blij dat jullie veilig zijn thuisgeraakt !
tot binnenkort
liefs
xxx
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