Wanting to disperse part of Leonardo’s ashes, British and European fervent in Brussels, the two sisters forgot the backpack in a shuttle in Belgium. Finally, it was found by the company.
He had never accepted Brexit. The decision gnawed at him. So, after his death, to pay tribute to him and sealed her love for Europe, Sarah and Jane, the two daughters of Léonard, a Briton who died in 2024, decided, during a trip to Belgium, to deposit part of his ashes near the European Parliament. But as reported Sud Infothe two women, aged 56 and 44,, during their journey, forgot the urn in a shuttle that was about to rally Charleroi in Brussels.
The story begins at their home, in northern England, in Marske-by-the-Sea. When they get on the plane, the precious object is slipped into a backpack. At Charleroi airport, the two climb in a shuttle. But in bustle and panic, they leave the vehicle by leaving their father’s ashes behind them.
“He would have found it very funny”
With our Belgian colleagues, the two sisters remembered, with humor, their mishap. “We were about to take the train to Brussels when she turned around and said: ‘I lost Dad!’,” Says Jane. The problem: the shuttle has already left and, the facts taking place a public holiday, impossible to contact the company.
This does not prevent them from continuing their trip through Belgium. “We often said: ‘I wonder where is Dad now’, and it made us smile. He would have found it very funny, ”explains one of them by evoking their passage to the European Parliament. Although they take advantage, they are worried about the fate of their bag and their father.
When returning to the United Kingdom, at Charleroi airport, they try to recover their father one last time. At the company’s counter, tourists are informed that a backpack was found on the day of their loss. Inside, their father, Leonardo, was still present. The opportunity for them of a new trip to Belgium to honor their funny mission.
