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The Stavelot abbey museums

Since the weather changed in the 2nd half of August (after the draught and the fire on the High Fens, I am very carefull not to say that the weather was bad when we finally got some rain again this summer), we decided to do more excursions and visiting instead of just chilling in our garden as originally hoped. We took the boys to the Stavelot abbey, which we had not visited anymore since 2011.  The museum is a bit strange in that it is hosted in the historic beautiful abbey buildings but hosts 3 rather diverse unrelated museums and a temporary exposition.  Le Musée du Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps:  In the basement there's the race museum. It shows a large collection of race vehicules with explanation of the technical evolutions. It also talks about the history of the F1 race circuit in the town and puts a lot of attention to Belgian and international star racers.  To be honest, I am not too interested and I knew that from previous time. Fine, it's nice to see once a...

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