Maastricht

What a fabulous weekend we had in Maastricht!  Perfect weather, company, food!  It definitely needs to be recorded here.  So here come the photos...

 The adventure started when AS and Mamma picked John and I up from school at our early 1.30 holiday finish on 7th April and we were off on our European Road Trip.  Sadly the M25 meant we didn't make the train time we had booked for but due to the wonders of Flexiplus we were able to drive straight on the next Eurotunnel train.  A first for us all and quite a bafflement yet a successful experience.  

 Saturday saw us meet up with Lizzie and start our two days of her showing us the wonders of Maastricht interspersed with splendid food stops.

 Breakfast/brunch at Piece of Cake.  Check out those glasses!

 Lots of lovely parks to walk through and statues to stumble upon.

 Maastricht had my favourite blossom of the year so far.

 We stopped at Lizzie's place to see where she had been living in the old cigar factory - and to experience the high bed!

We carried on walking through the parks and along the old walls of the city.

One of the great stops was the bookshop that has been created within an old church building.  Lovely to browse through.

 Then a walk across the River Maas.

After a rest back at our Airbnb place we went to the Lumiere which is also a cinema for a delicious evening meal.

Sunday. 

 After driving to Lizzie's and loading the car up with some of her belongings, we set off walking again down more beautiful streets and passages.

 Time for food again.  We stopped at this amazing old mill bakery.  Yum yum!

Then off again for more walking and browsing the shops.

We stopped at another old church building, or more accurately cloisters, that this time had been made into a hotel...

... with an unusual water vortex that captivated us!

Then it was time to walk up the hill of Maastricht for an ice cream and to admire the views before heading underground for the tour of the caves.

For our final meal we headed to the Vrijthof to eat in one of the many outdoor restaurants there.  And of course we had to follow it up with waffles!

Thanks Lizzie for such a super duper time!  I loved it!