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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Excellent presentation! Aachen is truly a beautiful city! Seems you all had a lot of fun at the VT-Meeting!
a friendly stroll through charlemagne's city!
Red churches, haha! Sorry, I've got no clue about their names either, maybe I'll find out! Talk to you soon, Stef
Great start to your Aachen page. Nice girls day out. It must've been great. Too bad I missed it :-(
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