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[Closed] Liege what's to do on a wet day in April?

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I've got a pass to do the Liege Bastogne Liege sportive.

My wife and kids are coming. Any ideas on what they might do whilst I'm getting wet on La Redoute?


 
Posted : 15/01/2013 7:38 pm
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Go and play in abandoned power stations? Or steel/iron works (there are 3), or just about anything you fancy, Liege used to be a very industrial place, but very recently its become a dead zone. Its about the equivilent of visiting Middlesborough or Port Talbot


 
Posted : 15/01/2013 9:14 pm
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And be aware that its name changes depending on which direction you come from. To quote wikipedia:

[i]Liège (French pronunciation: ?[lj???]; Dutch: Luik, [lœyk] ( listen); Walloon: Lidje; German: Lüttich; Latin: Leodium; Limburgish: Luuk; [/i]

And this also impacts the road signs, which is why I went sailing past one day on my way back from Germany...

Good food though, which is all I remember.


 
Posted : 15/01/2013 9:21 pm
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Its about the equivilent of visiting Middlesborough or Port Talbot

They'll love that. 😯


 
Posted : 15/01/2013 9:58 pm
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They can meet my misses and moan about us!


 
Posted : 16/01/2013 10:12 am
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As pointed to by B R - if coming from the north remember that there will be no signposts for Liege but there will be plenty for Luik 🙂


 
Posted : 16/01/2013 10:23 am
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b r and cranberry - Thanks noted.


 
Posted : 16/01/2013 10:51 am

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