Legs and Borders

Lots of fantastic sites seen on this rather spontaneous trip [erm, primarily a trip to Wales, heh]. all places visited with: Day Of The Dead, Keïteï and Subversive. Day 1 So we are queuing for the ferry down to France, and who can we see queuing next to us?! Sx-riffraff and his crew! heh, we did Belgium Road Trip together last year.. that's completely unscheduled meet up, i love random encounters, bizarre, random meetings :) Crachoir Swimming Pool After a fail in an abandoned house (which wasn't quite abandoned and we opened the door to meet a very angry lady and her dog, lol) we headed for this swimming pool. Build in 1915, with lot's of eye catching details. Cite du Dragon Stop number two, an abandoned Chinese restaurant, unfortunately smashed to bits. Chambre du Commerce Famous CDC, there's some work going on here atm, floor has been all stripped down, and there's lot's of random junk lying aroun...

"The Chamber de Commerce alias Cdc is an absolutely fabulous Stock Exchange location, located in a busy city and surrounded by ugly concrete buildings. Only the four relative narrow passages are giving a small glimpse of what the inside of this beautiful queen has to shown. The current building is a reconstruction from 1872. The original building dates from 1531, this late Gothic styled stock market has been burned twice [1583 and 1858]. The CdC is built on top of an existing street intersection with originally no roof, only four covered streets, the still existing and impressive galleries. Originally it was a public place in the open air with some canopies where one could hide, with a rectangular square where the daily live took place. Around 1853 the square and galleries where covered with a dome modeled on the Crystal Palace in London. The fine furniture and interior joinery jumps in the eye, the whole is rich in details, full of structures and subtile color tones. The pillars...

It's all about stairs in this place, normally you wouldn't even stop, while passing next to this smashed to bits office building.. but quoting Oldskool after visiting here: "Never judge the book by it's cover", yup.

Or  Chemin de la Cure d'air as you like. Last surprisingly good stop of our trip, plenty of chairs and beds, heh. An abandoned care home and hospital.