Road Trip Day 4

We headed into Belgium and stopped for lunch at a charming country inn dating from 1740 (Moeder de Gans in Teuven - see extra).
Then onto Kelmis where we visited a museum dedicated to Moresnet, a small semi-independent nation which existed from 1816 to 1920. A nation with a fascinating history.
From there we headed back into the Netherlands to Valkenburg where we toured a mining museum where this blip was taken. The museum was a real eye-opener for me and surprisingly one of the highlights of the trip in a very humbling way. My father spent most of his working life in the coal mining industry and I had no idea of the conditions he worked in. I was a fairly inquisitive child asking a lot of questions but I don't think he gave me an accurate picture of how it really was. I'm sure he would have been interested to know about this particular visit.