Part Seven:
Jonkerbos (woods)
As soon as I turned north off the Vossenlaan at our nearest street corner, I could see the woods of the Jonkerbos:
Entering the woods looked like this now:
Of course this is not how I remembered these woods: they were fuller then (at least in my mind), the woods were more extensive, and had paths, but none were lighted or paved. Now what is left is a few slivers between developed recreation areas and the Goffert park which is a very spacious and nice sports park.
But to try and recapture my youthful fear of these woods after sunset, I walked off the paths and into the sunset. No fear sprang up like in olden days, and there is little to say with these pictures except that I enjoyed my short walk through these woods:
I did enjoy seeing these woods again! Soon after emerging from the "bos", I headed west toward the Maas-Waal canal. Another few kilometers of hard concrete sidewalks away.
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Go to Leuven, Belgium, and see the Groot Begijnhof (Grand Beguinage)--same trip
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