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| The quiet streets of Maastricht |
Our Dutch gang of 5 drove about 2.5 hours south to the small town of Eys for our friends' Dutch wedding celebrations. We all know each other from the States (Florida, New York, New Jersey - many states!) so it was super fun to be out in The Netherlands together. Sam was born and raised in The Netherlands and it was such a pleasure to get to see where she was from, meet her family, and celebrate Sam and George's union. This is us all cleaned up real nice:
At midnight, Sam and George took the spotlight off themselves and sang me Happy Birthday. It was super sweet!
The next day our Dutch gang of 5 drove over to the city of Maastricht, which is just a 15 minute drive to Belgium! Europe is so cool that way; you're always just a hop and a skip away from another country/culture/language. The population in Maastricht is just over 120,000, and it felt that way as we zig zagged through empty streets for a few hours. It was quiet peaceful after a night of partying and celebrating. One of my favorite things about this city were the details above the windows and doors, you'll see some of the photos that I took of those deets. It was nice just to walk around this small, quiet, and pretty city and stop to drink some tea and coffee at a cafe in a square near a Gothic style church.
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| Views from Fort St. Pieter |
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| It's my birthday and I know how to do headstands now! |
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| Fort St. Pieter - built in 1702 |
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| Stylish Julie |
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| Lovers on a Fort |
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| Apparently Fort St. Pieter is a great spot for a photoshoot! |
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| Door details |
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| Quiet Saturday views in Maastricht |
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| The city had lots of cool details above the windows and doors of most houses. |
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| Nice swan details |
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| More details |
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| Defense Walls built in 1229 are all over the city |
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| Kettle details. I bet they sold tea in the shop under this. |
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| It was a music shop! |
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| Eda highlighting that we were possibly the only people in this city on my birthday. |
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| More door details |
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| MORE REINDEER (see Amsterdam post) |
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What a beautiful spot! Captures everything about this city:
clean, peaceful, defense walls and pretty buildings. |
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| Me and Julie in Maastricht <3 |
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| View of the red spire at St. John's Church (Sint Janskerk) |
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| Dutch gang representing 4 countries right here. |
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| View around Vrijthof Square |
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| Me and Cem with St John's Church and the Basilica of Saint Servatius behind us. |
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| We found a secret, hidden mill house. Look how surprised we are! |
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| Brother-sister posers |
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| Hidden spots everywhere |
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| Purple pants, purple hair, purple flowers |
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