Today I was able to go back to St. Waudru Cathedral in downtown Mons. It is a beautiful cathedral complete with scary animal gargoyles, gothic type spires and bones. Bones housed in beautiful gold cases that would surely get stolen, melted down and sold in the United States. The bones of St. Waltrude have been housed there for hundreds of years from what I understand and are part of the yearly Ducasse, or festival of St. George vs the Dragon (Doudou in French, so yes, there's a Doo-doo festival here). Another major part of the festival is the carriage that is also housed at the cathedral, the original, super fancy carriage.
It's just an absolutely beautiful place, whether you're a religious person or not, just the size and fact that no machines were used in building it are amazing to me. When you come and visit us here in Belgium, we will be sure to take you to St. Waudru Cathedral. Beautiful.
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