It took us two months, but we finally got out and about on an old fashioned American road trip. Amsterdam was calling our name and we were able to see Anne Frank's house early in the morning before it got crowded and take a boat ride around the canals. We got wonderfully lost along the way in Germany trying to find Bad Wildungen. We made a wrong turn, then another, then another until we discovered the remotest most interesting convoluted way through the countryside. FYI Bad Wildungen is a pretty cool town. Looks like it can get a bit touristy, but it was quaint, had a nice palace and churches and we got to see a car roll down the hill by itself and smash some stuff up. Hard to top that!
There was an evening, two nights and a wonderful day walking the canals together and chasing the pigeons around the bustling city. The daffodils and crocuses were up and the sun was shining.
After busting out of Amsterdam we headed to the west coast. The kids played on the beach until the weather turned and we packed them up and headed for Maastrich in SE Holland to spend the night. Ask us about "the circular detour" sometime, if you want to see us laugh until we cry.
We had the city to ourselves in the morning and then headed toward Luxembourg via Belgium. Again the sun blessed us and we had a warm time climbing around the strikingly beautiful old walled city.
By the afternoon we were back into Germany, the fourth country of the day. We drove down the Mosel River in the direction of home, feeding the swans, marveling at steep hillside vineyards and castles until it got dark then we jumped on the autobahn and shot home like a rocket.
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AfterBad Wildungen, Amsterdam, Holland, Luxembourg and the Mosel are all photogenic and worthy of their own posts,, hopefully more pics to come,,,
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