We took a brief tour of the military museum in Brussels, and then headed out to Waterloo on a tour bus. We got a lot of good information on the way there, and then had some time to view the Panorama Museum and the main monument, a Lion on a hill which marks the spot where a Dutch Duke was wounded during the battle.

The Panorama museum is kind of cool - panorama paintings were very popular during the early 19th century, and they have one of the few surviving examples put up in panorama there. Here's a shot of part of that panorama:

Next, I have a shot of the Lion atop the monument mound. That mound is interesting - apparently, local women built the thing by digging dirt from one side of a sunken road and carrying it up to build the hill. It's impressive - the thing is massive, and holds a 28 ton lion statue at the top:

Here's a shot of me at the top of the mound - my daughter took this, as well as the rest of the shots here:

Here's a shot looking up the steps towards the monument, with me coming down. Those are very steep steps - and narrow as well. If you have a fear of heights, you probably won't like climbing this:

Here's a view from the top, looking down at a small camp of reenactors in French period gear:

The last shot is of the reenactors at ground level: