Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Day 8 and 9 - Leaving Germany, to Maastricht, Netherlands

Inspired by Madi's artsy food pictures with cool foreign landscape backdrops. 

 View from breakfast!
 Guten morgen. Frühstück. (:
 Morning jog in the hills of Trier, Germany.



 I spy a castle.
 Die Kuh.


 We took lots of detours (some more intentional than others) around these beautiful German villages.




 Ausfahrt (exit) - we remember these from our days in Germany.
 A tell-tale sign that you're in a German supermarket.. didn't make the cut to be a part of our picnic lunch.

An apple pastry and "einfahrt" (entrance) sign that Josh and Rachel laughed about when we lived in Germany. I tried apple pastries/crumbles/tarts across Europe, in 7 different cities. The winners were the ones I bought in...  Delft, then Den Haag, then Antwerpen. (Paris and Germany were near the bottom of the list, surprisingly.)  Yes, crisp apple strudel is one of my favorite things!

 Maastricht, Nederland!





 Our fancy hotel that we lucked out getting a great deal on last-minute-- yay for tourist off-season. (:


 Jogging on some misty Maastricht trails.

Bye, beautiful Maastricht! Back to the car.. time to drive six hours north up to Groningen.  

Day 7 - From Paris to Trier, Germany

Une église en France.
"Caution"
 The Reims cathedral.
 Tommy got us both hooked on this green kiwi- grape juice.



 A WWII memorial for those soldiers from this small French village.
 We loved the red ivy.


 Back to Belgium! This time, driving through the Southern French-speaking portion (known as Wallonia).
 Bouillon, Belgique was beautiful.

 Real Belgian frites.
We really wanted to find a restroom but public restrooms aren't always to be found. We decided access to a restroom was worth the price of a plate of fries. We couldn't finish all these fries, so Eliza wrapped a few in a napkin to bring home to Rachel and Josh. And, as she expected, once she arrived home and unpacked, Rachel and Josh immediately ate the week-old Belgian frites. What cultural children I have!



 Look, ancient castle ruins.


 Welcome to Trier, Germany.


 Deutschland ist natürlich sehr schön.

 Ein Deutsches Abendessen (zum Beispiel Kartoffeln mit Senf).
 Nice restaurant.
 Trier is the oldest city in Germany, and still has Roman architecture to prove it.