Maastricht
a nice old city!
22.06.2006
22 °C
Today I decided to see Mastricht, so not riding anywhere just browsing around loads of old buildings and churches. Had a great walk around this morning, and then lunch, a baguette, sitting in one of the squares.
The last couple of days have been a bit of a learning curve, a lot more forward planning required when you are traveling light and on your own, and to a budget. Arriving in Maastricht last night thinking that I would stay in a hostel, just to try it out, and was told at the tourist Info that it had closed down, and the new one was not open yet (forward planning?!?), so it was off to a camp site again. Not any average camp site, 4 star, with a swimming pool and bar. Did a few lengths, had a few pints.
I plan to head back into Maastricht this evening after carbonara pasta round the gas cooker, it looks like quite a festive place, so may have a couple of drinks with the locals.
I plan to head south east tomorrow, one of my biggest treats would be to do a lap of a very famous F1 race circuit, the Nurgurgrink. It is open to the public and you take your own car, or bike, and can just cruise around the 13km circuit. It has been something I have always wanted to do and it's only a few km down the road, so maybe tomorrow... but you know what they say about plans...
Posted by KevinKelly 07:06 Archived in Netherlands Tagged tourist_sites
