Archive for August, 2008

Greetings Hillsboro Students!

 

 

This is a letter from your Traveling Gnome! I visited a country called Belgium with John, Mrs. Bockhorst’s brother.   Belgium is a country in Europe, and is the center for a lot of activities and government groups in the European Union. 

Most of the time I visited a city called Jezus-Eik, which is a small village close to Brussels.  I stayed in a small hotel across from a famous church, the Notre Dame au Bois.  This church was built in 1650! The city has just spent several years restoring it and it is quite beautiful.

I also went on a mountain bike trip through a forest called Foret de Soignies.  It is one of the largest forests in Belgium. 

Thanks for the trip!