"This could be Rotterdam or anywhere
Liverpool or Rome
'Cause Rotterdam is anywhere... anywhere aloooonneeee"
We're now in Rotterdam!! I have had that song stuck in my head ALL day.
This morning we finished off our look around Maastricht - headed to St Pietersburg which is a fortified hill. Thing. We're not exactly sure, because it wasn't open! But I will google it when I have time hehe.
Fort St Pieter
Silent battle between mortal enemies, or, taunting from a safe distance (Mum will appreciate)
This is a sample of the local cuisine - Limburgse Vlaai. Maastricht is the capital of the Dutch province of Limburg, and vlaai must mean flan or tart or pie or something of that sort. Anyway it tasted good. Its like apple pie with raisins and cinnamon and reeeeeeeeeally good pastry.
Then, we hopped on a train to Rotterdam and here we are. Missed our connecting train in Eindhoven but managed to find the next one ok. Luckily its not as hot here, so we can move about without swimming in a pool of our own sweat (it was that muggy in Maastricht).
Just off to see some sights tonight, the rest we will see tomorrow! Must say the Dutch people are really nice - lots have stopped to help us so far! Love their accents too. And Dutch speculaas is definitely better than Belgian speculaas....
We have a hostel room here in Rotterdam for 2 nights. We have booked mixed dorms for all our travels but so far there have only been (really crusty) guys staying in them ... so im really glad mish is here to shield me from it all! Neat hostel though, the rooms are all themed and the receptionist is from Auckland :)
The 'Board Room'
We also tried Dutch pancakes with applesaus and siroop.... mmmmmmmm
Fort St Pieter
Silent battle between mortal enemies, or, taunting from a safe distance (Mum will appreciate)
This is a sample of the local cuisine - Limburgse Vlaai. Maastricht is the capital of the Dutch province of Limburg, and vlaai must mean flan or tart or pie or something of that sort. Anyway it tasted good. Its like apple pie with raisins and cinnamon and reeeeeeeeeally good pastry.Then, we hopped on a train to Rotterdam and here we are. Missed our connecting train in Eindhoven but managed to find the next one ok. Luckily its not as hot here, so we can move about without swimming in a pool of our own sweat (it was that muggy in Maastricht).
Just off to see some sights tonight, the rest we will see tomorrow! Must say the Dutch people are really nice - lots have stopped to help us so far! Love their accents too. And Dutch speculaas is definitely better than Belgian speculaas....We have a hostel room here in Rotterdam for 2 nights. We have booked mixed dorms for all our travels but so far there have only been (really crusty) guys staying in them ... so im really glad mish is here to shield me from it all! Neat hostel though, the rooms are all themed and the receptionist is from Auckland :)
The 'Board Room'
We also tried Dutch pancakes with applesaus and siroop.... mmmmmmmm
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