Beaumont Hotel Residence Maastricht

... suspect that I may already have been coming down with something, as I will explain later. On my first day there, I met their lovely housekeeper Monica, and her daughter Jamie. Jamie is in Year 12 and just attempting to gain entry to Oxford University - quite an initimidating concept, and we had a good talk about what she wanted to study (philosophy, economics and politics) and what Oxford wants her to do to gain entry. All 5 of us went out for a nice Chinese/Japanese lunch, and ...

During our stay in Spa we had the most scary, horrible, unpleasant experience ever in a restaurant.<br><br>The restaurant to avoid is "Le Bouchon Gourmand", the owner does not hesitate to insult customers, lock them into the restaurant if there is a dispute on the bill, and claim more money than is due. <br><br>See more on www.bouchon-gourmand.blogspot.com

... They told us we were at the highest point in Belgium, which was somewhere in the Nature Park.<br><br>We decided to call it a day for the roadbook, and make a detour to just get into Luxembourg for fuel, and to make sure we 'did' all the countries.<br><br>Looking back that detour cost us some time, but did mean we visited Luxembourg, even if it was too dark to see it.<br>

... the best and then Marisha the Australian opera singer came out and sang It is time to say good bye, more tears. The applause was so big that she ended up singing the last chorus again. I could rave on and on it was just so good and what a high light to finish our holiday on. We didn&#8217;t get back to our hotel until well after 1am but of course we were on such a high that I didn&#8217;t get to sleep until after three.

So, how did I get to Maastricht, you might ask? Well, I had met my host in Switzerland my first weekend in Europe and he suggested I come to his beautiful home town. I have found that as much as I like doing some touristy things, I enjoy more getting to know people and going to places locals go to ...

... we came outside it was dark and the cathedral was all lit up! The cathedral was beautiful! We were exhausted and having a hard time comprehending everything we had seen, but stopped for some French Onion Soup at a little café. Then we headed to our hotel for the evening. What a wonderful day! Day two-We got up early to start another exciting day! I had a restless nights sleep-I was pretty sick while we were in Paris. I got a cold and was feeling pretty miserable, but I was ...

... Centre West"... On the second lap we decided that the signs must relate to the on street parking that we had passed rather than to a particular car park, and so pulled over when we saw a space that looked large enough. We were drawn towards a large street with market stalls in the centre, which was fortunate as it turned out to be the correct way. Maastrict centre was an ...

... lovely morning and I loved her smile and it was great. Finally Maikel sent me sms knowing if I was still leaving Maastricht since I was suppose to meet him on the way to spend a part of the day and then he would drive me to Den Haag. Its later in the afternoon that I had no choice to get up and leaving, late, to meet Maikel in Eindhoven and Maria went back home too. So I arrived in Eindhoven by nearly dusk and we talked along the ...

(Originally published at http://www.troysgonewalkabout.com)<br>< br>The slight morning drizzle did not hamper us from exploring the centre of Maastricht, and it felt nice to be amongst the local goings-on in the busy market square. But, although we were enjoying being in the midst of life on the other side of the world from where we were born and raised, Amber and I soon got a surprise reminder of home. In a park on ...

... je moest het maar iets nodig hebben en het thuis hebben laten liggen. <br><br>Maar zo, ik vertrek! Ik ga genieten van mijn jaar in het buitenland, aan het strand, tussen de palmbomen, de blauwe zee. Zoals ik het opnoem lijkt het wel een droomvakantie. Maar vergeet niet: de nieuwe taal, nieuwe mensen, nieuwe gewoonten, nieuwe omgeving, ... Hier lijkt het een avontuur dat ik absoluut niet wil vergeten. <br><br>Later meer.<br><br>Groetjes Stefanie