Category: Netherlands

The day doesn’t start without coffee in Holland….a stop at the regal Whilomena Hotel was first  on the agenda and then we headed out on our history tour before walking to the old town. It was great walking around a small area and seeing where the family was born, where they lived, and, then moved to plus where they met.  The geographical area of their lives was remarkably small.  Thank you to The Scheduler for the history tour.  

We rounded a corner and there in a small square surrounded on all sides by medieval houses was the Aachen Basilica.  You needed to stand back  with your back nearly against the wall of the houses to see it in all its glory, it looked too big for the space it occupied but it was majestic.  Hints of it were to be seen between the trees growing in the square, there was no way you could look at it in its entirety.