Armed with the standard camp ground tourist map (in German) we headed into the city centre. It was a very pretty and impressively big, paved 'square'. I had worked out that kirch meant church ( or something like that) but when we got to the square I discovered that there was at least two churches and statues everywhere so the sprint orienteering skills had to be put into use to orient the map and work out from the shape outlines which building was needed. (Sprint because it was now early Saturday evening and our first priority was to find a supermarket to re-provision as we had not a crumb of food left and the shops in Europe still shut on Sundays).
For anyone wanting to refresh their memory of the story, Luke found numerous You tube versions.
Gayle
Location:Bremen, Germany
I remember that story – Musicians of Bremen – would have to look it up for details but all the animals are familiar. Thought you were giving little Netherlands (it’s about fifth the size of Victoria, population 16 million, Aust pop 20 million – there is no such thing as a small town in The Netherlands!) a miss. Very pleased you are heading for Amsterdam – one of our favourite cities. Yes, we are biased but it is still great.
ReplyDeleteIf you are still cat fans, try to find De Poezenboot (catboat) which is a lost cat’s home in a houseboat on a canal. Central Amsterdam is full of tourists (and groups of males looking for the red light district) but is still worth a look.
We stayed near Albert Cuyp Market, it's open every day except Sunday and is up in the Rijksmuseum and Van Gogh museum area.
Henk was born in Geleen which is right down the bottom in Limburg. Nothing of interest there as it is a town extended to house families from the coal mines. Dad Dekker was a carpenter working for the mines. While we were down that way we went to Maastricht, which we liked and to Valkenburg and the Velvet Caves which were used as hideouts during WW2.
Keep up the good work Bloggers, it is a good start to the day to check out the Westy’s progress.
... and try the salted herrings :-)
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