"VT-mini meeting February 12, 2006" Haaksbergen Travelogue by pieter_jan_v

Oostendorper Watermolen, detail

The following members attended the "meeting":

atlor
AC_spotter
pieter_jan_v

me & atlor at the Boekelo salt drilling towers

This was not your "everyday" VT-meeting.
atlor became member, because he had to go on a businesstrip to Haaksbergen, did some Google search (Haaksbergen + forum) and ended up at the Virtual Tourist website and posted his very first travel forum question.
I think he never realized he would have his first VT-meeting within 3 weeks after becoming member.
It was a surprise to him such meetings excist and I had to explain him what more is possible with our website.

AC_spotter

Being in the Netherlands and especial the Twente area for the first time I had suggested to atlor a small exploration tour.
First we took off to the center of the village of Haaksbergen and we noticed each restaurant and snackbar.
Furthermore we admired the churches and the former train station, now part of the local tourist steam train attraction.
On the way back we walked via the local busstation.

Next thing on the list was the old Oosterdorper watermill.
In fact these are 2 mills of over 500 years old.

We continued our trip and drove to the village of Boekelo to see the new Grolsch beer brewery and in the wood we explored the Boekelo salt drilling installations, hidden in traditional wooden buildings.

After a quick drive along the AKZO salt factory and some other Hengelo industries we headed for the city of Enschede.

We walked through the center of town, looked for the train- & bus station and ended up at De Kater, a bar at the old market square.
It was about time, because altor had not taken any lunch yet and after travelling from Poland via Frankfurt he was really hungry.

I dropped atlor off at his Haaksbergen hotel and AC_spotter and me rushed to home for dinner.

Go to the next meeting: A monkey meet with haldane