Autumn colours

It's not every year that you get such beautiful autumn colours all the way into November but this time we were lucky. A whole week (and a long weekend) full of sunshine, rustling leaves, walks in the woods, smelling the (compared to Brussels) clean air, and peace. We took the opportunity to take a stroll in the Flemish region of Kempen near Antwerp, where we took the bottom half of the pictures. Ok, you can't see in the pictures that it's basically next to a motorway but as soon as you walk for a few minutes the trees cover you from the noise of the cars. So it's relative peace, let's say.

The first couple of pictures were taken in the Botanical Garden of Meise, just outside Brussels. I had been there before but this time we decided to cycle. Taking the "scenic route", it was quite a trip up and down the hills via Wemmel but we could enjoy already the beautiful trees on the way there. It was about 10 km so by the time we reached the Botanical Garden and walked around for a couple of hours I was quite tired. The greenhouses are not as nice as the ones of the King in Laeken but the café in the Orangerie makes up for that in a lovely setting.We took the (surprisingly) fast way back which led us, again, via a motor way. On a safe cycling path though.