Showing posts with label maastricht. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maastricht. Show all posts

Friday, 9 May 2008

time flies...

it's all going too fast. Next week we'll be going back to Australia and I'm really not ready for it, mostly because the weather has changed and the temperature is about 26 degrees now...yay!

We've done lots of sight seeing and spent the week in Limburg, which is our most southern province. It's the only province that has hills and everything looks super cute. We visited its capital city Maastricht, which is now at the top of my lists. I had never been to Limburg or Maastricht and I have to say that it is way more beautiful than Amsterdam...even Marcel says so. Here you find a true Dutch city without all the tourists and without all the yukkie coffee-shops.

I'll leave you with some photos.


Maastricht


Maastricht


Drie Landen Punt (Three Country Point: Germany, Belgium, Netherlands)



Valkenburg: a cute town with lots of tourists and cafes


Valkenburg: it has lots of history, caves, mines and old buildings


Valkenburg: the ruins of a former castle


Aachen (Germany): just on the other side of the border


Aachen (Germany)


Acquoy (a small town close to where I grew up)


Glass Museum Leerdam (handmade glass): my parents live in Leerdam now


Glass Museum Leerdam (handmade glass): Leerdam is famous for it's glass...check it next time you have a wine...


Cologne Germany (view from the Kolner Dom...we climbed the 592 stairs)