Living Life: Amazing Maastricht part 2

Some more Maastricht . . .

You were expecting to see more buildings? Well they weren't the only pleasant things to look at in Maastricht, the trees were quite beautiful as well.

Have we stepped into France? Historically speaking, yes, Maastricht took part in the French Revolution and was home to some important Napoleon supporters so it got more than a little bit of French flare added to its architecture. I'm not educated enough to comment on all the architecture of Maastricht, but we're pretty sure that this photograph is a picture of France, as it should be.

This was nice, so we took a picture of it.

It's hard to tell, but when you walk by this you can tell that it is clearly connected to the Catholic Church because of the statues in the nooks of the wall. We saw a little old lady go up to the wooden door, ring the bell and then disappear inside, it made me wonder what sort of secrets are inside.

Statues are not very bountiful in Northern Netherlands, but here they were prevalent.

Those cobble stones are lovely, but after 2 solid days of walking on them for hours on end I started to develop some (very minor) joint pain from the unforgiving ground that jarred

my asphalt-accustomed gait.

Note to tourist, I think Europeans are very serious about their coffe breaks because that is how they save their feet and joints, so while touring, set times to sip something delicious

and just enjoy the scenery.

Another "don't see that up North" photo.

9:20 am on a Tuesday may not seem early to most people, but this city was barely rousing which gave me an opportunity to capture some street views.

A street sign. Feeling like a linguistic detective?

Take a good guess why I have a picture of this sign and see the next caption for the answer.

These street signs give us 2 clues about Maastricht. The first clue is that Maastricht

is bilingual/bi-dialectal (we'll let people with a Ph.D. decide which it is) because the sign has the same thing written twice on it. Dutch on top, Limburgish on bottom.

The second clue pertains to the first sign. The sign says "Our Beloved Lady Square/Plaza"

which means that we are in Catholic country.

Step inside the art museum of Maastricht and this will greet you. The entire building was designed by one architect and apparently that is rare because they were proud of it.

Instead of a ticket, the art museum gave us tin buttons that clip on your shirt. You were supposed to display them so that the security could see you had paid for your entrance.

I was proud to model mine for the camera.