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Aachen Meeting | Fountain in the Old Centre |
TinyTuck (Steff who lives in Aachen) and Jinwenwang (Vivian) decided to meet in Aachen. When I saw the message in the VT-forum I looked up how far Aachen was from Rotterdam, only 3,5 hours by public transport, that is as far as going to my parents in the norht of the Netherlands. I had nothing special to do that weekend and decided to go there to meet and spent some time there by myself. I walked around the city a lot. First because I could not find the youth hostel where I had made a reservation. Even with the help of some locals, I kept walking the wrong way. I didn't carry much, and that is why I didn't mind, I saw nice places and a very beautiful red church on a hill.
I had no map and when I saw a map later on, I was amazed by the area I had walked around. It seemed that Aachen is not such a large city, and most of it is walkable. The youth hostel turned out to be in the southwest of the city, and I had walked a large area in the east and south. I enjoyed the architecture, it is mostly old houses, quite tall. Around the youth hostel it was all green and there was even a field filled with cows next to it.
The centre is old and it is easy to navigate, especialy because of the main square in the middle. I liked the way the old centre is not filled with shops known all over Europe. I also noticed how clean it was throughout the city. On the night I met Steff, Vivian and Doris (608doris) it was busy on the streets and squares because of a Jazz-festival that was going on. |
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ATXtraveler Sun Feb 27, 2005 14:12 UTC
Almost Aching for Aachen thanks to these tips! | Leipzig Sun Jun 8, 2003 11:06 UTC
Excellent presentation! Aachen is truly a beautiful city! Seems you all had a lot of fun at the VT-Meeting! | cbeaujean Sun Jun 8, 2003 09:21 UTC
a friendly stroll through charlemagne's city! | TinyTuck Fri Jun 6, 2003 22:19 UTC
Red churches, haha! Sorry, I've got no clue about their names either, maybe I'll find out! Talk to you soon, Stef |
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