Well, the internet connection has turned out to be about as lazy as your average Frenchman-thus the posts have been lacking. Also truth be told-we have been covering a lot of territory between our first destination and our current one. As Paul guessed we were in Bonn for a day and a half. We wanted to see Beethoven's birthplace since we saw Mozart's last year. Also the Christmas market was open and in full swing.
Sunday we went to a town called Tongeren just in side the German border with Belgium. Although it looks just like the Netherlands and Dutch ( read: Flemish) is the only language that appears to be spoken there.
Tongeren is a charming town-and home to what is billed as Europe's largest antique fair. Thus the reason the S.O. wanted to go. Try to picture a city turned into one giant flea market:
With the parking garages full-of "stuff":
And the S.O. bound and determined to go through every bit of it:
That's her leading the charge. There were more booths and warehouses down the path. Me? I was looking at the 900 year old church:
After we had some coffee in the afternoon-it was back in the car and we bid Tongeren a fond farewell.
Tongeren?! Is there still a quick chance to see Liege or Maastricht – then hurry!