Isn't this darling?! Timmy wrote us this card for Christmas.
This is Timmy riding Toothless from "How to Tame a Dragon" with the ghost rider.
This one Aaron made last month, and worked for 3 days on it. Isn't it nice?!
I have stacks of pamphlets from tourist and historical destinations where we have been, and many which we did not yet visit. It's overwhelming for me to clear out each time we move, seeing all these many places again where I have been. Some are just local, some a bit further:
(I will 1-5 star them according to my opinion, for their worth of recommending for others, in case someone is out this way. That doesn't mean that if I give it a one star it wasn't fun, just that it's not something I would recommend to someone who is here for a one week vacation.)
***** Paris, the hop on-hop off bus, Fouchon cafe, Mason du Pre hotel, Musee de Orsay, Velib bikes, Eifel Tower, Luxumbourg Museum, Versailles, Angelinas, Candalaria, and Lasserre.
*** The Remouchamps Caves, Belgium
** Vogelsang Soldier Training Camp, Germany
*** Castle Ruins (Fluweelengrot) and Velvet Caves in Valkenburg (also at Christmas)
* Landal (bike rental, pool, kids play place, etc.), Vaals NL
*** The Aachen Museums (Couven, Zeitungs, Rathaus)
***** The Aachen Dom (& Treasury)
***** Rothenburg, Germany
** Val Deux Monestery, Belgium
**** Drachenfels & Bahn and Sea Life Park in Königswinter by Bonn
**** Bokrijk Museum and Park in the NL
**** Eltz Castle, Mosel Valley, Germany
* Düsseldorf, Germany
*** Brugge, Klein Strand &, Ostende Belgium
***** Keukenhof, NL
* Aquana, Wurselen, (local)
* The Reitverein in Hanbruch (visited once with Felix locally)
*** Liege, Belgium (Baptismal Font in St. Bartholomew, famous staircase)
*** Phantasialand (4 times - my kids are spoiled!)
*** Hohes Venn hiking
* Johann-Adams Mühle, Tholey
*** Hoensbrook Castle,
*** Maastricht & the caves beneath St. Petersberg
*** Monschau & the Red House
** Stadt Theatre Aachen (we saw Pinocchio and Die Schneekönigin)
***** Amsterdam boat tour, Edam, Corrie Ten Boom House
*** Cologne (Köln), Cathedral, Zeilbahn (Skyride) and Zoo
***** Venice
**** Burg Stahleck - hostel on the Rhine
*** Brückenkopf-Park
Vaals Museum (lame)
***** Bremen & the Schnoor
** Wilhelmshafen & Wattenmeer
*** Schloss Hoensbroek
** Steinerbos Park
**** Gaia Zoo
**** Augustusburg Palace and Garden, Brühl
** Sea Life Park in Königswinter
***** Aachen Kletterwald
**** Blote VoetenPark (Barefoot Park in the NL)
***** Florence, the Firenze & Uffizi Galleries, the Duomo. Two words. The David.
***** Cinque Terre
*** Burg Nideggen
Places I have not yet been but probably have to just let go, but hate throwing the info away because I might still make it: :)
Pairi Daiza Zoo in Belgium (looks amazing!)
The Organic Farm: Hofladen Maria Haus (open 8-2 pm) Herr Kleufers 01635457047. Supposed to have Reubarb & Salad in May, Strawberries in June. All kinds of veggies in summer. Freshly harvested daily.
The Bliesbrvck Reinheim culture park
Toverland amusement park in NL
Valkenburg Sauna/Spa
Eifel National Park hikes:
- The Kaktushöhle - www.rhein-eifel.tv/kartsteinhoehte.htm
- die Teufelschlucht (only open 10-6 pm) www.teufelschlucht.de
- die Sinterterrasse (waterfall to hike to, takes 3 hours). www.nohn-eifel.de
Willy-Brandt Forum Museum in Unkel/Rhein
Freedom Museums in Flanders area from WWI,
Porto
Abdij Rolduc (local)- might be a good place to walk around the gardens on a Sunday walk.
Hütten in the German Alps, Zugspitze, Garmish
The Maastricht Steam Engine Train
Zaanse Schans
Hamburg Miniature Wunderland
Plopsa indoor amusement park in NL
Glendalough Ireland, and Dublin
Bubenheimer Spieleland
The Beethoven Walk in Bonn
Peace Museum at Remegon Bridge on the Rhine
(As a note, Scott has not been to Keukenhof, Pisa, Florence and Barcelona, & Versailles, and I have been. Scott has been to Porto, Ireland, the Hütten by the Zugspitze and Leece Italy, and I have not. This list is of things I have and have not done. :)
Clearing out is sure a lot of work and quite a bit sentimental for me, but it feels so good too!
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