Visiting the wine-domain of Genoels-Elderen, Alden-Biesen and Hasselt
After a nice visit to Tongeren, we drove off mid-afternoon to explore Limburg a bit further with my Canadian Rotary sister. The weather was so gorgeous so I was really tempted to go and visit some wine-domains. Genoels-Elderen is very close to Tongeren so off we went to enjoy some quality sparkling wine from Belgium at their domain. So lovely! And after the wine Jan proposed to go and visit the domain of Alden-Biesen. I had never been there so I was also quite excited to discover something new. I had seen images of the castle in the water but I had no idea there was a huge domain behind with a Stud farm, chapel etc next to it. Also the history of this knight order that was at the base of this commandary was very unknown to me. We couldn't go inside the water castle as they were rehearsing an opera that would be performed at this location later. That was ok, plenty of room left to stroll around. Apparently it is also a favourite location for wedding pi...
