Boulevard of broken dreams

Two mine shafts as a reminder of the mining past


“I left all my dreams and hopes
Buried under tobacco leaves
It’s not always easy kicking someone out
Gotta wait a while—it can be an unpleasant task
Sometimes somebody wants you to give something up
And tears or not, it’s too much to ask”

(Bob Dylan in Floater (Too Much to Ask))
Houthalen-Helchteren (B)

Up or down the hill?


“Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

Up Jack got, and home did trot,
As fast as he could caper;
Went to bed to mind his head,
With vinegar and brown paper.”

(Samuel Barber in the song Jack and Jill)
Blegny (B)

Rheinbraun in Gelb


“Went to the station,
Down in the yard,
Gonna get me a freight train,
Work’s done got hard.
Now she’s gone.
An’ I don’t worry.
Lord, I’m sittin’ on top of the world.”

(Bob Dylan in Sittin’ on Top of the World)
Plombières-Hombourg (B)

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