as liege is in wallonie, does that make its inhabitents wally's?
After getting rooted around by the insanely fast star trek doors on the 'USS Train to Liege' from Frankfurt and having to get off at Brussels instead I arrived back in Liege after the unplanned side trip a few hours later than planned. I was met there by Vanessa and Laurent, a bonza couple of locals I had contacted earlier about accomodation. As they had both travelled and lived elsewhere, Vanessa being German\Dutch and Laurent being a French speaking Belgium\itsy bit Italian, they had great perspective of Belgium and the social settings in Liege. I saw lots of Liege culture, including mayonaise, mayonaise, chips and more mayonaise followed by some meatballs. I stayed for about 4 days with these guys in their riverview apartment and saw a lot of the town, the music scene, some touristy spots and had a great time overall. They also did their best to stink out my clothes with their tobacco leaf, but it was well worth it. They are both heavily into music and the local music scene and were great people to chat to about pretty much everything. Note to self: a gift of vegemite could be misconstrued as an act of war.
(Photo of Vanessa and Laurent stinking out my clothes)