Post by belgiumreporter on Jul 10, 2017 9:13:58 GMT -5
In Belgium we've got the highest density of castles pro square mile, you never have to walk far to stumble upon one. A lot of these castles have been abandonned by the nobelty that used to live in them, and are now in a derilict state or became public domain when local governements bought them and turned in to local city halls, museums or lesure zones.
The domain of the castle of Vordenstein has become public domain and visitors can enjoy a 7 Km long path that takes them around the domain. The main part being woods, the part around the buildings is a large garden with cultivated and wild flowers.
On a sunny afternoon it's a joy to walk the gardens and photograph the dragonflys in the watergarden and the butterflies in the wildflower garden. To make things even more interesting the building of the wintergarden has been turned in to a café and restaurant. Evy had a lost in spice beer and i had a boat beer(this is a special brew IPA in remembrance of the Red Star Line wich in beginning of the 20th century took millions of European emigrants from the port of Antwerp to New York Staten island in the hope of a better life)
The extreme sunny wheather was ideal for some infra red experiments, all in all a very pleasant sunday afternoon.
The wintergarden
some of the rows of wild flowers
Evy in search of some shadow and a cold beer
Back in visible light, part of the cultivated garden
Some dragonflys
and some butterflys
The domain of the castle of Vordenstein has become public domain and visitors can enjoy a 7 Km long path that takes them around the domain. The main part being woods, the part around the buildings is a large garden with cultivated and wild flowers.
On a sunny afternoon it's a joy to walk the gardens and photograph the dragonflys in the watergarden and the butterflies in the wildflower garden. To make things even more interesting the building of the wintergarden has been turned in to a café and restaurant. Evy had a lost in spice beer and i had a boat beer(this is a special brew IPA in remembrance of the Red Star Line wich in beginning of the 20th century took millions of European emigrants from the port of Antwerp to New York Staten island in the hope of a better life)
The extreme sunny wheather was ideal for some infra red experiments, all in all a very pleasant sunday afternoon.
The wintergarden
some of the rows of wild flowers
Evy in search of some shadow and a cold beer
Back in visible light, part of the cultivated garden
Some dragonflys
and some butterflys
