One of the prices to be paid for this adventure is that I am working this week in our Aachen office. It is about a 25 minute ride from our place in Maastricht. My choices on the car radio seem to be bad techno music or drive time radio jabber in a language I don't understand.
The family explored Maastricht during the day while dodging rain showers. Kelsey had to work on some homework due for an AP class - so it was a good rest up day after a few hectic days of travelling.
When I got home from work - we went out to dinner in the city. Found a great restaurant near the University to have dinner. They had the best beef stew that I have ever had, of course maybe that was due to it not having any vegetables. The meal was also a reminder to always have plenty of Euro on hand as not everywhere takes credit cards like they do in the US.
After dinner we walked through the big square in the middle of the city. They were tearing down the fencing and other infrastructure from the big Andre Rieu (dutch playing violinist) concert. The image below from the concert last year tells you how seriously the Dutch take their violin music. This was starkly contrasted when we returned to the apartment to discover that Justin Bieber had cancelled the rest of his tour (including the Boston stop).
We grabbed a Gelato on our stroll back through the city. It is light here until later and the picture below is after 9pm. Everybody was pretty tired and marked the first time in probably 6 years that Brett was asleep before 10pm on 3 consecutive nights.
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