The time had arrived to wrap things up. Our last stop was three days in Bergeijk with my bestie Els, her boyfriend Leon, their boys and their dog 🙂 We had time for some visits and shopping in Eindhoven before driving back to Nieuw-Vennep and flying … » full post and pics!
After our brief stop in romantic Monschau, we crossed the North Eifel to Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. There we stayed in the vacation rental of our friend Imgard. Together we enjoyed the Christmas Market and again the next day when our friend Cora came to visit!
For years we had a small camper in a seasonal spot near Monschau. We would regularly walk through the forest to this romantic, old town with its narrow cobblestone streets and half-timbered houses. Like a fairytale! Now that we were going to drive from Aachen to … » full post and pics!
With Christmas markets being our theme on this trip, we had to include the beautiful historic town of Aachen. The market is spread out over a few city squares around the medieval City Hall and Cathedral. Nico has worked in the Aachen hospital for ten … » full post and pics!
Christmas Market #2 this afternoon! We had planned a second stop on the route to Aachen in the medieval, picturesque tourist town of Valkenburg. More specifically, in one of their Christmas markets in a cave!
Valkenburg has a special place in my heart. … » full post and pics!
From the German Ruhr Area we drove an hour and a half west, to Dessel in Belgium. On the way we stopped in Eindhoven to visit dad again.
It was a really nice day when we drove from Bottrop in the German … » full post and pics!
The next day it was time to drive to Eindhoven to visit dad. And after that to our friends Volker and Martina in Bottrop, Germany. One thing on the agenda for that weekend was to visit our first Christmas market at the CentrO mall in Oberhausen… » full post and pics!
We stayed an extra night in Nieuw-Vennep, so we had time to do something in the area with Ton. We chose to go see the North Sea in Zandvoort!
After an incredibly good night’s sleep back in our hotel, we had breakfast in … » full post and pics!
With dad being 101, we can’t stay away for years at a time. So we went back to visit again this past year. We pushed the date a little bit, so we could combine the visits with Christmas markets in Holland and Germany! While we … » full post and pics!