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Today we drove to the bridge over the Lienne near Habiemont where the initial thrust of the Battle of the Bulge by Kampfegruppe Peiper was finally stopped by the US combat engineers. As the lead German tank appeared, firing a round at that moment, the bridge was blown. Peiper himself is reported to have said 'The Dammed Engineers !' He never reached his objective of the Meuse. The picture shows Selina on the bridge.

We then drove on to Spa, the first town to bear that name. We stayed at the Radisson SAS Hotel, which advertised its own direct entrance to the new Thermes spa complex above. Without going into great detail let us just say that use of the spa facilities is far too complicated for a first-time user. We made countless mistakes and the spa staff were most unsympathetic. Our advice 'only go there with an experienced guide !'
Other than that the hotel, pictured below, is actually rather good.

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