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On to Maastricht

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Oct 7 – Today we bid adieu to Valkenburg, shouldered our packs and got on the Pieterpad for the hike to Maastricht. Although I’ve shown you plenty of wall art, here is some more as we walked out of town.

Gnome Sweet Gnome
An odd place for a baby, above a doorway
A pretty church? Nope – it’s a restaurant!
A pretty house
An ivy covered gazebo
Finally – goats!

The day was perfect for hiking – cool and breezy. Maastricht is about eight miles away.

After leaving town, we walked along the River Guel
Keeping an eye out for Pieterpad markers
This trail is also part of the Camino de Santiago – it was great to see the familiar sign of the shell!
Shady forest
We walked through an upscale town with thatched roof houses – go figure!
The coffee shop had an impressive collection of old hiking boots – who would discard their boots before the end of the trail?
Then back out to farmland
We met lots of hikers and bikers, but theses were the only horses we saw today

And just like that, we were in Maastricht, the biggest city we’ve seen since Amsterdam. I’ll tell you all about it tomorrow!

More from Valkenburg, Netherlands

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Oct 2 – Another perfect sunny day, and we must be feeling better, as our plan for the day is hiking. We were originally supposed to walk into Valkenburg from the Pieterpad, so our plan for today is to find that trail!

The red and white Pieterpad marker in town
The trail is nice and flat
Lots of horses
… and flowers
A mother is biking the trail with her adult son
There’s Valkenburg down below
Pretty farmland
Care for a large cup of tea?
We walked through a pretty park on our way back to town

A great day!