February 26-28, 2007: First trip to Maastricht
We traveled from Borne, where we dropped Annabel, to Maastricht, which was 271.5 Km with a fuel usage of 17.5 Km/l.
Around 10:45 we noticed that someone had called us on my mobile phone. We got
off the highway and phoned back. Luckily it was only someone from the care home
where Andy was staying for the holiday to ask
some questions with respect to his feeding schedule. We follow the
route description that I made in the
past week.
12:19 We arrive in Maastricht. At the fist traffic lights we turned
right into "Viaductweg". We turned right into "Meerssenerweg".
At large crossing (with grass on the opposite side), we turned right into "Kemenadeplein".
Turned second right into "Kasteel Geijserenstraat".
I parked the car on the left, and we saw the houses of
photo [60] on the right.
12:22 I got out of the car and took a picture while standing almost against the houses on
the left side of the street.
12:26 We continued, and through some streets we arrived on
the "Meerssenerweg" again, where we turned left.
At large crossing, we turned right into "Viaductweg".
We got into the gas station, but it is a self service station.
After gas station, we turned right into "Willem Alexanderweg".
At the ESSO gas station we stopped, and I made use of the restrooms.
12:35 We continued.
We turned left into "Balijeweg".
Cross roundabout, we turned right along canal and crossed lock.
We stopped just before the "Schutkolkweg".
12:38 I took two pictures (combined) near the location of
photo [34].
(We visited this location again on May 1)
12:41 We turned right into "Schutkolkweg". It appeared that this
was not a regular road. We had to drive slowly behind a lady riding a bike.
At the end of "Schutkolkweg", we turned right into "Bovenstraat".
We turned right into "Koningskampstraat", and parked on the left side of the street.
12:45 We walked a little back, and took a picture at location of photo [33].
12:48 We continue on this road.
At the end we turned left, then right into "Ireneweg".
Outside the built-up area, just before bend to right, we stopped.
12:52 We got outside and I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [24].
12:54 Because there was no room to turn, we drove backwards till "Bosveldweg" and
turned right into it. Road continues into "Tichter Voogdenstraat".
We turned fourth left into "Adam van Harenstraat" and parked the car on the left.
The owner of the house on the picture was standing outside and we
showed photo [23] to her. After asking
permission, I took one picture at the location.
13:01 We turned and continued the into "Tichter Voogdenstraat" to the left.
We turned right into "Pasestraat" only to discover a sign saying that it is not allowed
to follow it. Several people with dogs were walking around. I decided that it might be
possible to enter the road from the other side in order to take a picture at the location
of photo [16]. We turned the car and took the first
road to the left. We turned right into "Wiegershof". After the farm on the left, we parked
the car. 13:06 I took three pictures (combined) at the location of
photo [17]. One picture I had to take
twice because the book, which Li-Xia kept up, appeared in the left bottom corner of the picture.
We continued till the end of the road and parked the car there.
13:11 I took one picture
at the location of photo [18].
13:13 We turned and drove back to main road, just left of the farm. There
we noticed that the other side of the road leading to the location of
of photo [16]. We turned left and the next
right. We turned right into "Pasestraat" and parked our car.
13:18 We walked to the location and I took two pictures
(combined). I also took some video.
13:28 We turned back and turned left again and followed the road past the two
roads on the right. Just before two trees on the left, we parked the car on the right.
13:32 At the location of photo [12], I took
two pictures (combined).
13:34 We continued the road, and shortly after the dyke we parked the
car on the rightside of the road.
13:36 I took two picture (combined) at the location of photo [8].
13:38 We continued the road which led into the village "Itteren". The
road became rather small. It bend to the right and changed name into "Ruijterstraat".
Just after the built-up area, we turned left into "Kerkveldweg". It quickly changed into
a two track mud road. We went over the dyke, after which the road became even worse, and
because I was afraid of getting stuck, we decided to drive backwards. Just where the
track started, I turned the car.
13:44 Li-Xia stayed in the car, while I followed the track and
walked through a field to the location of photo [3].
I took two pictures (combined) at this location
and walked back to the car. My shoes were full with mud on all sides and also my sleves
had become dirty. I cleaned my shoes with a stick.
14:04 We drove back to "Ruijterstraat" and immediately turned left into
"Meebruggenweg". We drove through some large pools and parked the car on the dyke.
14:08 We continued a little further and then took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [6].
14:14 We turned the car on the dyke and followed the road crossing
"Ruijterstraat". On the dyke (on the other side of the village, which is completely
surrounded by a dyke) we turned left and just when we went down, I recognized this as
the location of photo [13]. We drove backwards
a little and turned the car. 14:19 We took two pictures
(combined) at this location.
14:22 We went back to "Ruijterstraat" and turned right into it.
We continued this road straight into "Op de Warreij".
14:26 We parked our car and walked on the "Bunder Voetpad" under an umbrella, because
it started to rain. There I took a picture
at the possible location for photo [10].
14:37 We turned the car and drove back to where "Op de Bos" starts
on the left.
14:40 Still in the car, we noticed that the considered location for
photo [9] was wrong. The correct
location was on the same crossing. The road in the picture was "Op de Bos".
I took one picture.
(At home, I discovered that I was mistaken, and that I had identified it
correctly.)
14:43 We turned left into "Op de Bos". Close to the canal
the road bends to the left and then makes a U-turn to the right. I noticed a
small road in the U-turn going into the direction of "Haertelstein". At the
top we park right.
14:46 We crossed the bridge over the canal, and took two pictures
(combined) at
the location of photo [14].
14:51 We crossed the bridge and turn left into "Meerssenhoven".
We passed by Meerssenhoven and parked our car on the right. It started to rain
quite strong. We saw a girl getting of her bike and looking at her flat tire.
She immediately got her mobile phone and continued walking. We decided to
wait in the car for some time. A little to the left the sky was getting light
again.
15:05 We decided to continue and first visit the locations near "Haertelstein".
At the end, we turned left into "Meerssenhovenweg".
In "Bunde", we turned left into "Meerstraat". This makes a slow bend to the right.
In sharp bend to right, we continued left into "Meerstraat". We crossed the bridge.
At the bottom, we turned left into "Voulwames" and immediately turned left into "Haertelsteinweg".
We turned right into the small road "Stegelveldweg". There where it turns to the
right we turned the car and continue driving backwards to the location of
photo [4].
15:18 Li-Xia opened the window on her side of the car and we found the
exact location and I took two pictures (combined) through the open window.
We drive back to "Haertelsteinweg" and turn right and took the
road leading to "Haertelstein" and we stop at the end of the straight part
leading to it.
15:28 I took two pictures (combined)
at the location of photo [7].
15:29 We went back to "Haertelsteinweg" and decided to
continue on this road to the right. The road leads to the bridge and we
crossed it and turned left into "Meerssenhoven". And we stop at the place
where we stopped before.
15:33 It started to rain a little again. The location of
photo [15] is in the middle of
the field on the left side of the tree, which has water everywhere. After
some deliberations, I decide to give it a try. Soon I feel the mud beginning
to stick on all sides of my shoes. I douth again, but do continue. I took
three pictures (combined). When
I arrive at the road again there is almost two centimeters (one inch) of
mud on around my shoes. I use some stick again and move them through the
grass to clean them.
15:40 We continue and turned left into "Meerssenhovenweg".
At the end, we turned right into "Fregatweg".
At next crossing we turned left into "Boekenderweg" and park a little further.
15:43 We walk back to the "Fregatweg" and I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [20].
15:47 We continue and turned right into "Weert". We
park the car on the rightside. I get out of the car and study the low
bushes along the left side of the road seeing if I can find the location
of photo [28]. I could not find
it, I took one picture of the field
because it is quite clear that some part of it is in the photo.
(We visited this location again on May 1)
15:53 We continue and have to stop before the
railroad crossing. We pass the two railroad crossing. We cross the
large road into a small road. We park the car at the left of it.
15:56 There is a gate which is wide open. When I pass it, I
notice a "no trespassing" sign. Nevertheless, I decided to walk a
little further and quickly took a picture at the location of
photo [38], because I
feel that I could always use the excuse that I did not notice the
sign because it is not visible from the road.
15:59 We turned the car and turned left into "Marienwaard".
Just before the large crossing, we turned left into the grounds of some
institution. We follow road to the left and parked our car.
16:09 We walked to the next turn in the road and I took two
pictures (combined)
at the location of photo [47].
16:06 We got of the grounds and drove straight
into the direction of railroad. Just before the railroad crossing,
we parked the car on the pavement. 16:09 I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [37].
16:11 We continued and turned right into "Fregatweg".
After the second street to the right, we turned into a small road that
led to a forest area. In the route
description it said that photo [26] was taken somewhere in the forest
area. But that appeared wrong to me. And because I thought it would
be hard to find, we decided to skip it and go to the next. We turned
the car and turned back into "Fregatweg". Opposite "Hoekerweg" we entered
grounds of the Citroen garage. 16:19 I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [36].
16:22 We continue and at the end turned right into
"Galjoenweg". We turned right into "Punterweg". We parked outside the
gate of some factory in the bend to the left. 16:25 We walked to
the reception, showed the book and asked if we could take a picture of
the canal. It was okay. We walked around the building and I took
a picture at the location of
photo [26].
There was some construction and a ship blocking most of the view.
16:30 We continued. At the end, we turned right
into "Ankerkade". 16:35 I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [25], while Li-Xia stayed
in the car.
We continued till almost the end, and parked the car on
the left. We both got out of the car and looked for the location of
photo [19]. We found it and
I took two pictures (combined).
It was already getting dark, and we decided to take one more picture.
16:41 We turned back and turned third right
into "Karveelweg". There we looked for the location of
photo [35], about which I
was not completely sure. It turned out to be correct and I took two
picture (combined).
From there we drove to the Van der Valk hotel. We drove 39.9 Km with
a fuel usage of 10.3 Km/l.
In the evening we visited a couple in Bunde who belong to the Dutch
Kabuki Syndrome Network. We stayed with them for almost two and
half hour, and they gave their EasyBall to us to borrow. We drove
16.9 Km with a fuel usage of 13.7 Km/l.
We woke-up around seven o'clock. And after we had breakfast, we
left from the hotel short after eight.
We drove back to "Willem Alexanderweg" and turned first right into
"Balijeweg", then again right into "Emmausstraat", and immediately left
into "Azamonstraat" where we parked the car on the right side of the street.
8:15 I took one picture
on the grass field on the other side of the road at the location of
photo [45].
8:18 We continued on the street which made a bend to the right.
We continued in the same direction following "Carmelstraat" and "Judeaweg".
When we wanted to turn in the parking place near the school, we noticed a
gate and decided continue. We turned back, and parked on the left.
8:21We walked onto the property of Hoge Hotelschool Maastricht. The reception is left in the Bethlehem Castle.
We asked if we can take a picture. The lady who helps us, said that she has
to phone someone and then talked in the local dialect with someone. It was
okay, and we crossed the campus to the soccer field in the back.
There I took two picture (combined)
at the location of photo [46].
We walked back to the car.
8:39 We turned left into "Bethlehemweg" (that is the second street,
because it is split into two one way streets). At the end we turned left
and right to continue into "Bethlehemweg". At the end we turned left
into "Populierweg" and immediately right into "Sionsweg". We parked
the car on the right short after the first crossing. I was not sure about
the location where the picture was taken, and got the idea that it was
taken around where we parked the car.
8:42 We looked around, and finally walked to the location that I
had thought was most likely, and it turned out it was correct. I took
one picture at the location
of photo [59], and then we walked
back to the car.
(We visited this location again on May 2)
8:50 We continued and turned right into "Sareptastraat",
left into "Dolmansstraat", left into "Willem Alexanderweg".
At the large crossing, we turned right into "Noorderbrug"
and crossed the "Noorderbrug" bridge. We took the next
exit lane to the right.
At the bottom we turned right into "Bosscherweg".
Under the viaduct, we turned right into "Frontensingel"
and immediately right into a small parking place. There
we turned the car and went outside to take a picture.
9:00 I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [71].
9:03 We left the parking place and turn left.
When I wanted to get in the right lane, I discovered that
the road I just got into was a one-way road.
We turned left into "Bosscherweg". After water on the
righthand side, we turned right into "Pastoor Moormanstraat".
Just after the bridge to the right we turned the car and
parked it.
9:06 I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [57].
9:08 We drove back to "Bosscherweg" and continued
to the right. We crossed two bridges and turned
right into "Smeermaeserweg". We turned right into "Stuwweg"
and parked the car after the bridge on the left. 9:11
We walked back on the bridge and I took two pictures
(combined) at the location
of photo [43].
9:14 we continued along the "Stuwweg". After the
road bend to the left, it became quite worse. There where
many holes filled with water and the last part was one
big pool. We drove slowly through it and parked near
the dam. 9:20 When we got out of the car, we heard
a lot of noise coming from the water flowing down behind
the dam. I immediately got the video camera and made some
video from the water flowing over the dam. I noticed that
the water level was lower immediately after the dam compared
to about ten meters further. I remembered taking a picture
at the location of
photo [44] as well,
but later I could not find the picture. Maybe I did not
press the button long enough, or maybe I erased it without
knowing this.
(We visited this location again on May 1)
9:25 We got into the car and followed the track upstream
along the river. We saw some birds (Great Cormorants, I would
guess) sitting on the robe in front of the dam for preventing
ships going down the dam, and I took a picture of them after opening the window. We continued
till the end. 9:29 I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [58].
9:32 We drove back to the "Bosscherweg" and parked the
car on a small parking place before it. 9:41 We crossed
the road and walked along it, looking for the location of
photo [32], but we could
not find it. I did take a
picture, just to have a picture. We walked back to the car.
About halfway, I took a picture of
the village "Borgharen". 9:55 We continued into "Bosscherweg".
Just after the location where I took the picture, I thought
that I saw the correct location. 9:57 We parked the car
just before the next house on the right and walked back. But
again we were not convinced that we found the location.
(We visited this location again on May 1)
10:06 We continued with the car along "Bosscherweg" and
parked just before the border. 10:08 There were some rafts on the
Meuse river with solders. There was some man explaining to us
that they did this because the water was high and that in the
summer you could cross the river a little further on.
I took two pictures at the location of
photo [22]. After I
took the first picture, I realized that photo [22] was taken
from a rather high position. For the second picture I held
the camera above my head and took a picture while aiming it in the right direction.
(We visited this location again on May 1)
10:13 In Belgium we turned right into "Maasdijk", the road
along the Meuse. After the last house, we turned the car
and parked it in front of it. 10:16 I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [11].
10:18 We went back to the main road and turned right
into it. We turned right into "N766" in the direction of "Rekkem".
At the roundabout at end, we turned right into "N78".
We turned right into the street that seemed to be "Ladderstraat",
but it was not. I concluded that we should have taken the next
road. For this reason, we turned left at the next crossing.
At the next crossing we arrived at "Ladderstraat" and followed
it to the right. (The name changes into "Geulerweg".) We parked
before the platform along the Meuse river. 10:28 We
watched the soldiers pass on their rafts again. Then I took
two pictures (combined)
at the location of photo [5].
When I finished the picture, I noticed that the low-battery
indicator.
10:38 Almost at the same place I took two pictures
(combined)
at the location of photo [2].
We discovered that we left our fresh batteries in the hotel.
Li-Xia suggested that we should buy some new batteries in a
shop.
We followed the road and after some searching, found the
location for photo [1].
10:48 I took two pictures (combined).
10:51 We drove back to "N78" and turned left. While
we drove through "Meerharen" we looked for a shop and when
we saw the "Diversa" do-it-yourself shop, we immediately
parked after it. It was a small shop and they had some batteries.
We bought four Duracell Plus AA batteries for € 4.50.
We continued. On the round about we turned left into "N766".
We stopped at a gas station at the right, because we wanted to
make use of the restrooms, but it was closed on Tuesdays.
Back in the Netherlands, we turned right into a little road.
11:09 There I took a picture at the location of
photo [21].
I crossed the road to a gas station to ask if I could make use
of the restroom, but they answered that they did not have a
restroom for public use.
11:15 We continued on the little road, which after a
turn arrived on "N766" again. We continued right on "N766".
After a railroad tunnel, we turned right onto property.
There we asked if we could take a picture. The lady objected,
but when we told that we wanted to take the picture from a near
by field and that her house was not going to be on it, she said
that it was okay. We searched for the location of
photo [31], and found
it at the place that I had in mind. I took two pictures
(combined).
11:28 We continued right on "N766". Almost at
built-up area, we turned left into "Postwagenstraat" and
parked the car at the end of the street. First we walked
towards the "N766" and I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [41].
11:32 From there we walked behind the last building at the "Postwagenstraat"
and I decended the slow a little in order to take two pictures
(combined) at the location of
and photo [42]
11:42 We drove back to "N766" and turned left to continue our way.
We turned left into "Sandersweg". After two turns (where the
road goes downhill) and some forest we parked out car on the
rightside of the road. 11:47 I took two pictures
(combined) at the location
of photo [56].
11:50 We continued the road and at the end we turned right into "Fort
Willemweg" and turned immediately left into "Lage Frontweg".
At the end of this road we parked our car on the left side,
before some workplace. 11:54 There I took
one picture at the location of
photo [70].
11:59 We turned right into "Cabergerweg" and then left into "Fort Willemweg".
Halfway this road, we turned and went into the play-garden and
midget golf place at "Fort Willem" to see if there were restrooms
there, but the place looked deserted. We continued into "Fort Willemweg".
At the roundabout, we turn right into the service road and parked
our car after the houses that are visible in
photo [69]. We crossed
the street and walked a little back. There I took two pictures
(combined).
We checked if some cafe was open.
12:13 We continued along the service road till the next large roudabout
and parked our car just before it. 12:15 I took one picture at the location of photo [55].
12:21 We turned left on roundabout and immediately right into "Van Akenweg".
We followed this road almost till the end of the built-up area and
turned left into the second for last street. I turned the car and
parked it on the left side of the street. We walked back to the end
of the street, and I took two pictures (combined) at the location of
photo [40]. It was not possible
to take a picture at the exact location, because there was a car parked
at it.
12:28 We turned left and continued into "Van Akenweg". Outside
the built-up area, where the road changes into a sand road, I went
outside to search for the possible location of
photo [30]. We continued
till just before the location of
photo [29]. The boarder pole
was visible on the left of the road. I took two pictures
(combined) at the location.
Because we were in the middle of some field, out of sight of anybody,
we made use of the opportunity to get ride of some excessive fluids.
12:41 I drove the car in reverse, which I am getting beter
and beter at, and turned at the next crossing of sand roads. Just
after the crossing, I found a location, which looked a better candidate
for the possible location of photo [30].
12:48 I went outside and took one picture.
Back in the build-up area, we turned right into "Pandectendonk",
then right into "Ade Caerteruwe", and left into "Touwstruwe".
When wanted to turn into the parking place of the soccer park
on the right, we noticed a no trespassing sign, but we decided
to go in anyway. There were two other cars parked on the parking
place, but we could not see anybody. We quickly went outside and
took two pictures (combined)
at the location of photo [39].
15:56 We went back to the road and continued to the right.
At the end of the road we followed the turn to the left, and then
we turned right into "Floretruwe". Almost at the end, we parked our
car. 12:59 We went outside to take a picture at the location of
photo [52]. The house
on the left (along the "Floretruwe") was decorated with pink,
and when someone arrived, the door was opened by a nurse dressed
in white. All seemed to indicate that there was just a baby-girl
born in this house.
13:12 We turned left into "Kurasruwe", the fourth left into
"Ponjaardruwe", and the second right into "Schildruwe". There we
turned right and parked our car somewhere. 13:07 We went
outside and took a picture
at the location of Photo [53].
The building that used to be at the otherside of "Schildruwe" was just broken
down and they were busy cleaning up the area.
13:11 We continued right into "Schildruwe". We turned left
into "Schepelruwe", right into "Malbergsingel", left into "Carolijnruwe",
and fourth (at the end) right into "Daaldersruwe". Then we turned
right into what the thought was the fourth street. But that was
wrong. We turned the car and parked on the rightside of the street.
13:10 We walked back to the street before and concluded that
we had taken the fifth street on the right. I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [54].
13:24 We turned again, and continued the road till "Malbergsingel"
where we turned left. At the roundabout we went straight and then
right into the parking place of the shopping center "Malpertuis" and
parked our car there. 13:38 We walked to the location of
photo [68] and I took
two pictures (combined).
We got of the parking place and turned left in the direction of
the roundabout. On the roundabout we turned left into "Cantecleerstraat".
We turned the second (on a large crossing) right into "Via Regia",
left into "Dousberg"(?), and right into "Dousbergweg". We parked
on the parking place. 13:38 We walked back to "Via Regia",
and I took one picture at the location of
photo [67].
13:52 We drove back to "Via Regia" and follow it to the left.
The next road we turned left, and parked our car on the right. 13:48
I took two pictures (combined)
at the location of Photo 66].
13:52 We turned back and turned right into "Via Regia". Just before the
canal we wanted to turn left, when I noticed a sign stating that
the road had limited access. Li-Xia immediately said that we should
just continue, and that is what we did. We turned left into the third
sand road and parked our car near the next crossing. According to
the route description, we should have gone straight, but now there
was a gate which prevented us to continue. It was obvious that a new
golf course was being constructed. 14:00 We walked to a place
near the location of photo [79]
and I took one picture.
14:10 We continued the road to the right and at the end I took
some time to study the map to determine where we were. We turned left
into "Goudenweg", right, right into "Keramieksingel", left into
"Opalinestraat", where we parked before the first street on the left
("Decorstraat"). 14:13 I took two pictures (combined) at the location of photo [80].
14:17
We continues into "Opalinestraat" and at the end, we turned left
into "Potteriestraat". On the roundabout we turned right into
"Terra Cottaplein". (Name changes into "Terra Nigrastraat").
Before the next rounabout we parked right into a small street. 14:21
We walked to the roundabout and took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [81].
14:28 We turned and continued into "Terra Nigrastraat" and on the
roundabout we turned left into "Porseleinstraat". At the large
roundabout we turned right into "Via Regia". On the next roundabout
we made a full turn and drove right into the service road. We
turned the car, and parked it. 14:38 I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
Photo 82].
14:41 We drove to the mainroad and turn right into it. We immediately
turned left into "Becanusstraat" where we turned. Then we went
right into "Via Regia" to continue our way.
On the roundabout we turned left into "Sint Annalaan".
On the next roundabout we wanted to turn straight into
"Brusselsestraat", but that was not possible. So we drove
into "Statensingel" and immediately right into "Zakstraat".
There we discovered that there were only parking places
for permit holders. We felt we had no choice and we parked
our car on the left just after the "Herbenusstraat".
We walked back to the crossing and took six pictures at the
location of photo [83]
because there was some garbage container at the exact location
and because it was taken right immediately behind a tree
(combined picture).
(We visited this location again on May 2)
14:50 We continued on the "Zakstraat" and turned right into "Brusselsestraat".
On roundabout we turned left into "Hertogsingel". Just before the
next roundabout we turned into a small service road and parker our
car behind a sports car. 14:55 We walked a little further, and I took
two pictures (combined)
at the location of photo [97].
15:00 We got on the main road and turned the third right into "Ruttensingel"
(and not the fifth right into "Gentiaanstraat", as the route description
said), because I had lost count a little, and was afraid that I would
have turned too late. We turned the second into "Madoerastraat", and
parked our car just after "Fatimaplein". 15:04 We crossed the grass to the
location of photo [96].
There I took two pictures (combined).
15:09 We continued on the "Madoerastraat", only to discover that it changed
into a one way street in the opposite direction. But after some deturns
we did turn right into "Javastraat".
We turned right (at crossing) into "Ebenistendreef", and immediately
right into "Zeepziedersdreef". At the end we parked our car on the parking
place. I took one picture at the location of
photo [95].
15:17 We drove back and turned left into "Ebenistendreef", right into "Gewantmakersdreef",
and, on the roudabout, left into "Keurmeesterdreef".
On the next roundabout we turned left. A little further we turned the car
and parked it on the right side. 15:28 We walked back to the roundabout
and I took two pictures (combined)
at the location of photo [94].
15:38 We went straight on the roundabout into "Hazendanweg".
According to the route description we should have turned left into
"Koninksemstraat", but that was not possible because it was a one-way
street. Instead we continued to "Hazendamplein" and turned left into
"Overrepenstraat" and right into "'s-Herenelderenlaan". It was also
not possible to go into "Neremstraat", so we turned second left into
"Lauwstraat", left into "Koninksemstraat", and right into "Ketsingenstraat"
where we parked. We walked to the bicycle path and took
a picture at the possible location of
photo [93].
On the corner some children were talking with each other and seemed
to complete ignore the rain.
15:38 We drove back to roundabout and turned right into "Aureliushof".
At the end we turned right into "Penatenhof" and then immediately left into "Dianahof".
At the end we parked our car on the right side of the road. 15:43
I took two pictures (combined)
at the location of photo [107].
15:46 We followed the bend to left into "Cupidohof".
At the end, we turned left into "Numitorhof", right into "Lammergierstraat",
and left into "Hermesweg". There we parked our car on the left. 15:50
There was quite a lot of traffic and we had to wait a bit before I could
take two pictures (combined)
at the location of photo [108].
15:33 We continued and turned right into "Tongersweg" N278,
left into "Pletzersstraat", and the second right into "Medoclaan".
After a gentle bend to the right we turned right into "Chambertinlaan"
and parked the car just around the corner on the rightside of the street.
Again I felt some urge to go to the restrooms and we talked a little
about this. 16:00 We walked back to "Medoclaan" and I took
a picture at the location of photo [109].
16:05 We continued and at the end we turned right into "Aramislaan".
After bend to right, we turned right right into "Cannerweg" on crossing,
then right into "Musketiersplein", and immediately left and left again into
"Susserweg". This road is rather small and we parked our car on the right.
I took three pictures (combined)
at the location of photo [110].
We continue into "Susserweg", which soon became very small. I prayed
that we would not meet any car driving in the opposite direction,
because it would surely mean that we one of use would have to reverse.
We park at crossing with "Dalingweg" between vinyards. We ignored the
sign saying that the parking place was only for vistors of
"apostelhoeve" as it was
completely empty. We walked a little back to the location of
photo [120]. I took
one picture there. We went
back to the car to get the video camera and took some video as well.
Then back at the car I could not resist the call of nature. Except for
some woman a little dog, there was nobody to be seen.
We continue further into "Susserweg" and at the next crossing, we
turned left. Just a little further, we parked the car right into
some cart tracks. We got out of the car and followed the tracks to
the location of photo [130].
There I took two pictures (combined).
We backed-up, and continued the small and tight road, which made
a steep descent. I turned left on the split (which was not included
in the description), and almost at the bottom there was a small road
(leading to "Apostelhoeve"). We parked on the right, just before
the crossing with "Cannerweg". We crossed the road and walked to
the location of photo [121].
There were some black crows sitting on the fence, which flew away
when we approached them. I took one picture. I walked back to the car
to get the video camera to take some more video.
We turned right into "Cannerweg" and parked just before the first
house on the right. We looked in the forest on the left for the
location of photo [131],
and were able to find a spot that seemed to match the photo quite
well. (Of course, one can never be sure.) I took
one picture.
We continue road our road, but we parked shortly after
Chat@acirc;u Neercanne, and looked around a little in the garden
in from of this castle. I also took some video.
Then we followed "Cannerweg" to the right
and into Belgium. We turned right into "Muizenberg". There we
drove into a small road along the rightside of the road. We
parked our car near an entrance to a field. We went into the
field and walked to the location of
photo [140].
After some searching, I took one picture. We walked back to the car.
Back to hotel
17:20 We went back to the hotel. When we arrived there
we had driven 70.7 Km with a fuel usage of 10.4 Km/l. We had
dinner in the hotel and afterwards went to the fitness room
and did some fitness. We closed the evening with taking a warm
bath in our room.
Again we woke up around seven o'clock and went down for
breakfast.
8:12 We left from the hotel and went drove over
"Cannerweg" to Belgium, but followed the road to the left
just before entering Belgium. We turned left again into
"Op 't Broek" and then right into "Mergelweg", where
we got behind a garbage truck. Instead of turning left,
we continued only to discover that we went wrong. When
we drove back we encountered the garbage truck again
before we turned right into "Pruisstraat". At the end
of this street, we turned the car and parked it near
a small graveyard. 8:38 We followed the path
at the end of "Pruisstraat" up the hill. At some crossing
we turned left and soon arrived at the location of
photo [142].
I took two pictures (combined) there.
We walked back to the crossing and continued in the
right direction. We went up some small path into
the forest on the right, with the idea that it might
be a short cut, but it was not really one. We crossed
some field and walked higher up the hill, which is
called "Sint Pietersberg" looking for the location
of photo [143].
We could not really find it, and I decided to just take
a picture
somewhere point in the direction of the
marl quarry, which was barely visible because of the
thick trees. Maybe should have walked higher up the
hill, but both of us were not in the mood, also because
it had started to rain quite strong and the grass was
rather wet.
(We searched for this location again on May 2)
We walked down the hill back to the car. 9:24
We drove back the street and turned right into
"Mergelstraat". Outside built-up area, we parked right
before a house on the right where there was a
vegetable garden on the left. 9:29
We walked through this vegetable garden to the location
of photo [141].
I took two pictures (combined) there.
(We visited this location again on May 2)
9:35 After we cleaned our shoes we continued
into "Mergelstraat". In built-up area, we turned into
the road going to the left, called "Laan van Brunswijk".
We determind the exact location of
photo [111],
and took two pictures (combined) from it.
9:45 We turned back and continued left into
"Mergelstraat". We turned right into "Luikerweg"
and left into "Mosasaurusweg". After second road to the
right, we parked our car on the right. I took
one picture at the location of
photo [112].
9:51 We continued and at the end we turned left
into "Plateauweg", and right into "Recollectenweg",
which continues into "Ursulineweg" (which comes from the left).
We turned right into "Zonnebergweg", which was a rather
tight road going up-hill. Again I was hoping that we would
not meet any car going in the opposite direction. We could
not turn left into "Lichtenbergweg" as it said in the route
description, so we parked our car at the crossing. 9:56
We walked all the way to the location of
photo [133].
Because this is close the edge of the marl quarry the
wind was blowing very strong over the top. We both had
to cling to our umbrella (because it was raining) while
we searched for the exact location and while I took two
pictures (combined).
We walked back to the car.
10:18 We turned back into "Zonnebergweg". At the
bottom it was not possible to turn right into "Slavante"
as it said in the route description, so we turned right
into "Ursulineweg", which we followed till "Lage Kanaaldijk".
We turned right into "Lage Kanaaldijk" and parked our car
on the right. We crossed the road and walked to the location of
photo [124], where
I took two pictures (combined).
10:28 Back at the car, we made a full turn, and
turned into "Maasboulevard". Under the bridge we went
into the parking place. I put € 4.00 in the
meter to get a ticket for behind the windscreen. Then
we walked to the location of photo [99].
Here I took three pictures (combined).
We walked back a little, crossed "Maasboulevard" and
crossed the "Stadspark" into "Sint Pieterskade". I took
some video of the little ducks that were swimming behind
their mother and some other birds. We went throught the
city gate and walked into "Begijnenstraat" At the end we
turned left into "Sint Pieterstraat". At the end, where
the street to the right is called "Zwingelput", I took
a picuture at the location of
photo [98].
Again, finding the exact location was hindered by a
car being parked in the street.
We turned right into "Zwingelput", then right into
"Grote Looiersstraat", left into "Achter de Molens",
right into "Witmakersstraat", straight into "Cortenstraat",
left into "Onze Lieve Vrouweplein". There I looked for
a place where we could eat something for lunch (soup)
and make use of the restrooms. But we continued and
walked straight into "Wolfstraat". We went into the
"Bart Smits" toys shop where Li-Xia wanted to look if
she could find some Pokémon toys for Andy.
On the opposite of the street we shortly looked into
a small "light and electricity" shop. We continued
and turned left into "Achter het Vleeshuis". I remarked
to Li-Xia how all street names refer to professions
of people in the past and that this is probably how
these streets got their names. We walked straight into
"Sint Amorsplein" and finally arrived at the famous
"Vrijthof" square. There we noticed a McDonalds on
the right. We decided to buy a happy meal and use
the restrooms. After having finished it, we continued
into "Helmstraat", but when I saw a truck parked right
in front of location
photo [84]
and my attention was drawn by an interesting looking
water evaporation device, we went into the shop to
have a closer look. When we came outside the truck
was gone and after having walked to the location,
I took one picture.
We walked right into "Grote Gracht" and looked around
on the open air market that was held on the "Markt"
square. Through the "Hoenderstraat" we walked to the
"Maaspromenade" that we followed to the right. Near
the "Sint Servaasbrug" we walked a little into the
city again, where we went into a shop along "Het Bat",
if I am not mistaken. This shop had a glass stair
going from the second to the third floor. It was quite
an interesing experience to use it. We followed our
way along the "Maasboulevard" and when we came to
"De Hoge Brug" ("The High Bridge") we decided to use
the elevator to go onto the bridge. There I took two
picture of Li-Xia, one with the "Servaas" bridge on the background,
and one along
the bridge. We went down and continued along
"Maasboulevard" where we were forced to walk along
the location of
photo [99].
We got into our car and turned left into "Maasboulevard",
and again left into the entry to the "N278" in the direction
East. Over the bridge we took the first exit, and the bottom
we turned left into "Limburgerlaan". We tried to get into
the parking place of the province hall, but there was a gate.
(We wanted to walk from there to the location of
photo [113]).
We continued left into "Randwycksingel", and right into
"Leuvenlaan", where we turned and parked on the rightside
of the street. 12:52 We walked to the location of
photo [114] and
I took two pictures (combined).
12:57 Back in the car, we turned right into "Randwycksingel",
and right into "Johan Willem Beyenlaan", which bends to
the left. There we discovered that we could not continue,
because the road was closed for normal traffic. We turned
right into "Jac Thijssedomein" and turned back at the end.
We turned left into "Johan Willem Bayenlaan" and after
the bend (to the right) we followed the road into "Duboisdomein"
which bends to the right into "Paul Henri Spaaklaan".
We turned right into "Gaetano Martinolaan" and the
second left into "Universiteitssingel", where we parked
on the right in some parking place. From there we walked
to the location of
photo [115],
where I took two pictures (combined).
13:12 We continued on the "Universiteitssingel" and followed it
along the railway. We turned (the second) right into
"Oxfordlaan", and, at the end, left into "P. Debylaan".
Then at large crossing, we turned right into "Oeslingerbaan",
and at roundabout left into "Kapittellaan". Just before
the bend to the left we parked on right. We walked a little
further to the location of
photo [125],
where I took two pictures (combined).
13:24 We continued on "Kapittellaan", and, at the end, we
turned right into "Oude Maasstraat", we crossed "Hoge Weerd",
and continued into "Lage Weerd", which turns to the right.
From the map, I had got the impression that this road led
till the location of
photo [113],
but this was not true. The road was blocked about half way,
and we had to walk the remaining distance, which is about
one and half kilometer. The sun started to shine and it was
a nice walk, except for some muddy part. I took two pictures
(combined)
as the location of photo [113]. When we walked back, had I
to give heed to a certain urge.
13:56 We turned back and drove to "Hoge Weerd" where we turned
left, and then right into the private road to leading to
the harbour. We parked our car on the parking place near
the Meuse and walked to the location of
photo [134].
There I took two pictures (combined).
14:09 We turn back to the main road and continued right into "Hoge Weerd",
and left into "Balsemienbeemd". There I forgot to turn immediately
left into "Oosterweg". I parked somewhere, and checked the map. We
turned back, and turned right into "Oosterweg" and right into
"Oosterweertlaan". We parked somewhere on the rightside, and spend
some time looking for the right location, also because the houses
were numbered in a strange way. I took four pictures
(combined) at the location
of photo [135].
14:22 We turn and drove back to "Hoge Weerd" where
we continued to the right. At the water, we entered the
small path on the right. There I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [144].
14:29 We backed-out and continue right into "Hoge Weerd".
At next crossing, We parked on the right opposite "Molensingel".
14:30 We got out of the car and crossed the road to the
location of photo [145],
where I took one picture.
14:34 We continued right into "Hoge Weerd",
left into "Kobbesweg", right into "Schaapbroekweg", and
right into "Rekoutweg". At the end, we park near the entrance
of the wastewater processing plant. 14:40 We walked along the
threes in the grass. There was no path as I had expected.
We were also not able to locate the place where
photo [146]
is taken. When we walk back to the car, I take
a picture
of the construction where the power conducting lines of
the railway switch from the Dutch system to the Belgium
system.
14:48 We turned the car and drove back.
We turned left into "Schaapbroekweg/Stationsstraat",
left into "Oosterbroekweg", right into "Viaductweg",
and, at roundabout, left into "Slakweg". The parking
place with the soccer fields was closed. We parked
the car near the children's farm called "de Wieringenberg"
after we had turned the car. We went into the children's
farm to see if we could find the location of
photo [147].
At one point we realized that the trees that are in
the children's farm, might be the one photo. We went inside
the building to ask the people how long the farm has been
there. One of the woman recognized the photo when we showed
it to her, and she affirmed that it is how the place looked
before they started the farm. After we searched a little,
we discovered the exact location. I took two pictures
(combined).
15:10 On the roundabout, we continued left into "Rijksweg"
and after windmill we turned the first road right. We park at
the windmill. 15:12 We searched some time for the exact
location of photo [138]
and I took two pictures (combined).
15:20 We continued along the "Bronckweg" and parked our
car right on a small road where the first vinyard begins.
15:23 We looked around a little, and I took
one picture
at the possible location of photo [139].
15:28 We turned back into the direction of the wind mill.
At the end we turned left into "Rijksweg", and right into "Langendaal"
This street bends to the right in a long curve. After third street left,
we parked left in a parking place (I was right with respect to the
observation that it was possible to enter this parking place from
this street). We went outside and I took
one picture at the location of
photo [137].
15:35 From the parking place we continued left into "Langendaal".
We turned left into "Steynboeckel", crossed the viaduct, turned left
Left into small road. Before the railroad, we folloed the road to the right.
We parked there, and walked to the location of
photo [136], which is on
a bicycle path. There I took two pictures (combined).
15:44 The next photo on the route description was
photo [126], but
when I read that it involved some walking again, I decided that
we would stop from here, also because it was almost four o'clock.
I do know anymore which route we took, but went onto the highway
A2 and drove through the city center. Immediately after the
center, we turned left into "Viaductweg" because we wanted to
get some gas at the gas station before we would go home. But
suddenly the sun started to shine again, and we got some desire
to visit a few more locations. We turned left into "Meerssenerweg"
and parked somewhere on the right. There I took two pictures
(combined) at the location of
photo [73].
We continue on this road, and parked the car at railway station.
Li-Xia stayed in the car, and I walked a little further to the
location of photo [86].
There I took two pictures (combined).
Going home
16:17 Finally, we decided to go home. At the gas station,
I concluded that we had driven 44.5 Km with a fuel usage of
11.0 Km/l. We arrived at home around a kwarter past eight. We did
encounter some traffic jams, not very serious, and we also used
about 20 minutes to drive through the drive-through the
McDonalds restaurant Amersfoort Noord.
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