Today's main attraction was a walking city tour of Maastricht led by the wonderful guide Jola (she's in a pic below). She walked us around and really enlightened the group about the history of Maastricht and it has a lot (too much to mention here). The city was founded by Julius Caesar so that gives you an idea. We are about 20 min walking distance from Belgium so there's a lot of French influence and only 25 km from Aachen, Germany. Jola explained some of the difficulties with the Dutch language to us. Everyone reads Dutch writing and converts it to something very different in their heads and the dialects are very different all over the place. This area is more French while the North is more German. The other pics below are around Maastricht (which means to cross the river Maas). One of my favorite spots from the day is a 200 year old weeping willow and birch growing together. They make this totally shady spot by a small river that is gorgeous. Anyway, check it out!
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